&sq=Bangladesh&lang=en&file=File:M-22.svg) M-22 | ||||
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 M-22 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by MDOT | ||||
| Length | 116.651 mi[1] (187.732 km) | |||
| Existed | c. July 1, 1919[2]–present | |||
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| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  US 31 near Manistee | |||
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| North end |   US 31 / M-37 / M-72 in Traverse City | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Michigan | |||
| Counties | Manistee, Benzie, Leelanau, Grand Traverse | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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M-22 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It is 116.7 miles (187.8 km) long and follows the Lake Michigan shoreline of the Leelanau Peninsula, making up a portion of the Lake Michigan Circle Tour. It also passes through the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The highway is U-shaped as it rounds the peninsula running through tourist areas in Leland and Suttons Bay in addition to the national lakeshore.
M-22 is an original trunkline designation dating back to the 1919 designation of the system. Reroutings have moved the highway closer to the water between Suttons Bay and Traverse City. A section of the highway was used temporarily for another highway, M-109. Two sections of the highway have been designated as separate Pure Michigan Byways. The highway marker is used in marketing by a local business as a symbol of the region, a trademark for which has been the subject of legal controversies. A popular roadway in the area with tourists, the highway's marker has also been the subject of sign theft.
- ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (2021). Next Generation PR Finder (Map). Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
- ^ Michigan State Highway Department (July 1, 1919). State of Michigan (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. Lower Peninsula sheet. OCLC 15607244. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.