Editing M-28 (Michigan highway)

{{Short description|State highway in Michigan, United States}}
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*{{jct|state=MI|US|45}} at [[Bruce Crossing, Michigan|Bruce Crossing]]
*{{jct|state=MI|US|141}} near [[Covington, Michigan|Covington]]
*{{jct|state=MI|US|41}} in [[Covington, Michigan|Covington]] 
*{{jct|state=MI|M|35}} near [[Negaunee, Michigan|Negaunee]]
*{{jct|state=MI|US|41}} in [[Harvey, Michigan|Harvey]]
*{{jct|state=MI|I|75}} near [[Dafter, Michigan|Dafter]]
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|direction_b=East
|terminus_b={{jct|state=MI|M|129}} near [[Sault Ste Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]]
|counties=[[Gogebic County, Michigan|Gogebic]], [[Ontonagon County, Michigan|Ontonagon]], [[Houghton County, Michigan|Houghton]], [[Baraga County, Michigan|Baraga]], [[Marquette County, Michigan|Marquette]], [[Alger County, Michigan|Alger]], [[Schoolcraft County, Michigan|Schoolcraft]], [[Luce County, Michigan|Luce]], [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa]]
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'''M-28''' is an east–west [[Michigan Highway System|state trunkline highway]] that traverses nearly all of the [[Upper Peninsula of Michigan|Upper Peninsula]] in the U.S. state of [[Michigan]], from [[Wakefield, Michigan|Wakefield]] to near [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]] in [[Bruce Township, Chippewa County, Michigan|Bruce Township]]. Along with [[U.S. Route 2 in Michigan|US Highway 2]] (US&nbsp;2), M-28 forms a pair of primary highways linking the Upper Peninsula from end to end, providing a major access route for traffic from Michigan and Canada along the southern shore of [[Lake Superior]]. M-28 is the longest state trunkline in Michigan numbered with the "M-" prefix at {{convert|290.373|mi|km|3}}. The entire highway is listed on the [[National Highway System (United States)|National Highway System]], while three sections of M-28 are part of the [[Lake Superior Circle Tour]]. M-28 also carries two memorial highway designations along its route.

Throughout its course across the Upper Peninsula, M-28 passes through forested woodlands, bog swamps, urbanized areas, and along the Lake Superior shoreline. Sections of roadway cross the [[Ottawa National Forest]] and both units of the [[Hiawatha National Forest]]. Some of the other landmarks accessible from M-28 include the Seney Stretch, [[Seney National Wildlife Refuge]] and several historic bridges.

M-28 is an original trunkline designation, dating to the 1919 formation of the state's trunkline system. The original highway was much shorter than the current version. M-28 was expanded eastward to the Sault Ste. Marie area in the late 1920s. The western end has been expanded twice to different locations on the [[Wisconsin]] state line. Other changes along the routing have led to the creation of three different [[business loop]]s at various times, with one still extant. Future changes, proposed by Marquette County but not accepted by the [[Michigan Department of Transportation]] (MDOT), could see M-28 rerouted over County Road&nbsp;480 (CR&nbsp;480).

== Route description ==
[[File:M-28 Trout Creek.jpg|thumb|left|Clouds brewing over M-28 in western Ontonagon County|alt=a highway curving over the crest of a hill flanked by telephone poles on either side. There is a white road sign on the right side of the road and storm clouds in the sky.]]
M-28 is a major highway for Michigan and Canadian traffic along the south shore of Lake Superior. It forms the northern half of a pair of primary trunklines linking the Upper Peninsula from end to end; [[U.S. Route 2 in Michigan|US&nbsp;2]] is the southern partner.<ref name="MDOT2"/> The {{convert| 290.373|mi|km|adj=on}} highway comprises mostly two lanes, undivided except for sections that are [[Concurrency (road)|concurrent]] with [[U.S. Route 41 in Michigan|US&nbsp;41]] near [[Marquette, Michigan|Marquette]]. The "Marquette Bypass" portion of US&nbsp;41/M-28 is a four-lane [[Limited-access road|expressway]], and segments of the highway in [[Marquette County, Michigan|Marquette County]] have four lanes.<ref name="MDOT14">{{cite MDOT map |year= 2014 |sections= C1–C11 }}</ref> The entire route is part of the National Highway System,<ref name="NHS">{{cite map |author = Michigan Department of Transportation |title = National Highway System, Michigan |date = April 23, 2006 |location = Lansing |publisher = Michigan Department of Transportation |url = http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MDOT_NHS_Statewide_150626_7.pdf |format = PDF |scale = Scale not given |access-date = February 4, 2008 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121004040152/http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MDOT_NHS_Statewide_150626_7.pdf |archive-date = October 4, 2012 }}</ref> and three sections of the trunkline are part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour.<ref name="MDOT14"/>

=== Western terminus to Shingleton ===
In the west, M-28 begins at a signalized intersection with US&nbsp;2 in Wakefield. Heading north, the highway passes Sunday Lake heading out of town. After crossing into southwestern [[Ontonagon County, Michigan|Ontonagon County]] and the [[Eastern Time Zone]], the trunkline highway skirts the northern shore of [[Lake Gogebic]], running concurrently with [[M-64 (Michigan highway)|M-64]]. The first section of M-28 designated as a part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour is from the western terminus to the eastern junction with M-64 in [[Bergland, Michigan|Bergland]], where the Circle Tour turns north along M-64, leaving M-28. Here, M-28 has its lowest traffic counts; within the 2013 MDOT survey, the road is listed with only an [[average annual daily traffic]] (AADT) of 1,425 vehicles on a section of highway between Bergland and the [[U.S. Route 45 in Michigan|US&nbsp;45]] intersection in [[Bruce Crossing, Michigan|Bruce Crossing]].<ref name=TMIS>{{cite web |author = Bureau of Transportation Planning |url = http://mdotnetpublic.state.mi.us/tmispublic/ |title = Traffic Monitoring Information System |publisher = Michigan Department of Transportation |year = 2008 |access-date = December 19, 2014 }}</ref> The trunkline runs through heavily forested areas of southern [[Houghton County, Michigan|Houghton]] and [[Baraga County, Michigan|Baraga counties]]. At the eastern junction with US&nbsp;41 near Covington, M-28 receives the Circle Tour designation again<ref name="MDOT14"/> and exits the [[Ottawa National Forest]].<ref name="RM13">{{cite map |author = Rand McNally |author-link = Rand McNally |title = The Road Atlas |map = Michigan |edition = 2013 Walmart |location = Chicago |publisher = Rand McNally |year = 2013 |scale = 1:1,267,200 and 1:1900,800 |sections = C10–C14, D1–D9 |pages = 50–51 |isbn = 0-528-00626-6 |oclc = 773666955 }}</ref>

In Baraga and Marquette counties, US&nbsp;41/M-28 passes through hilly terrain before entering the urban areas of [[Ishpeming, Michigan|Ishpeming]], [[Negaunee, Michigan|Negaunee]] and Marquette.<ref name="MDOT2">{{cite web |author = Michigan Department of Transportation |title = Chapter One: Introduction |work = US&nbsp;41/M-28 Access Management Plan |date = April 28, 2004 |publisher = Michigan Department of Transportation |url = http://michigan.gov/documents/MDOT_US-41_M28_chapter1_108596_7.pdf |access-date = January 18, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071223031233/http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MDOT_US-41_M28_chapter1_108596_7.pdf |archive-date = December 23, 2007 }}</ref> Approximately 13,000–17,000&nbsp;vehicles use this section from Ishpeming eastward through Negaunee. West of the city of Marquette, US&nbsp;41/M-28 had a peak 2013 AADT of 32,805&nbsp;vehicles in [[Marquette Township, Marquette County, Michigan|Marquette Township]] along a retail and business corridor. This peak level is sustained until the start of the Marquette Bypass, where the traffic returns to the 16,500-vehicle and higher levels seen in Ishpeming and Negaunee. South of the city of Marquette, traffic counts once again climb to 19,620&nbsp;vehicles. In [[Chocolay Township, Michigan|Chocolay Township]] the AADT drops to 8,840&nbsp;vehicles before tapering off to 3,065&nbsp;vehicles by the county line.<ref name="TMIS"/>

At the Ishpeming–Negaunee city line, M-28 changes memorial highway designations. From the western terminus to this point, M-28 is called the "Veterans Memorial Highway", but it becomes the "D. J. Jacobetti Memorial Highway" to honor the longest-serving member of the [[Michigan Legislature]], [[Dominic Jacobetti|Dominic J. Jacobetti]].<ref name="memorial">{{cite book |last = Barnett |first = LeRoy |year = 2004 |title = A Drive Down Memory Lane: The Named State and Federal Highways of Michigan |location = Allegan Forest, Michigan |publisher = Priscilla Press |pages = 115–16, 226 |isbn = 1-886167-24-9 |oclc = 57425393 }}</ref><ref name="jacobetti">{{cite news |last = Prusi |first = Renee |title = End of an Era: Jacobetti Dies This Morning |date = November 28, 1994 |work = [[The Mining Journal]] |location = Marquette, Michigan |pages = 1A, 5A |issn = 0898-4964 |oclc = 9729223 }}</ref> The Jacobetti Highway designation ends at the eastern M-123 junction in [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa County]].<ref name="PA142">{{cite web |author = Michigan Legislature |title = Michigan Memorial Highway Act (PA 142 of 2001) |url = http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?mcl-Act-142-of-2001 |date = October 26, 2001 |access-date = June 6, 2008 |author-link = Michigan Legislature }}</ref>
[[File:Hiawatha National Forest.jpg|right|thumb|[[Hiawatha National Forest]] road sign on M-28/[[M-94 (Michigan highway)|M-94]] in [[Alger County, Michigan|Alger County]] west of [[Shingleton, Michigan|Shingleton]]|alt=A brown and white wooden sign for the Hiawatha National Forest mounted on a stone base. The sign is installed on the right side of a highway between the road and the forest on the far right.]]

Between Marquette and [[Munising, Michigan|Munising]], M-28 closely parallels the Lake Superior shoreline, providing scenic views of the lake and its "lonesome sandy beaches".<ref name="huntsPR">{{cite book |last1 = Hunt |first1 = Mary |last2 = Hunt |first2 = Don |year = 2007 |title = Hunts' Guide to Michigan's Upper Peninsula |publisher = Midwestern Guides |location = Albion, Michigan |chapter-url = http://hunts-upguide.com/munising_pictured_rocks_national_lakeshore.html |chapter = Munising—Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore |url = http://hunts-upguide.com/ |access-date = July 22, 2008 |name-list-style = amp }}</ref><ref name="fowler">{{cite news |last = Fowler |first = Brenda |title = Endless Trails To Open Water |url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05EEDD1F3EF93AA15755C0A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all |work = [[The New York Times]] |date = June 29, 1997 |access-date = February 20, 2008 |issn = 0362-4331 |oclc = 1645522 }}</ref> The [[Lakenenland]] sculpture park is located in [[Chocolay Township, Michigan|Chocolay Township]] near Shot Point in eastern Marquette County. This roadside attraction is owned by Tom Lakenen and features fanciful works of art made of scrap iron.<ref name="huntsL">{{harvp|Hunt|Hunt|2007|loc=[http://hunts-upguide.com/marquette_lakenenland.html "Lakenenland"].}}</ref> Near the community of [[Au Train, Michigan|Au Train]], M-28 crosses into the western unit of the [[Hiawatha National Forest]].<ref name="RM13"/> West of Munising is a ferry dock offering transport to the [[Grand Island National Recreation Area]], and at Munising there is easy access to [[Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore]]. The roadway also features [[variable-message sign]]s to warn motorists of winter weather-related traffic closures along the lakeshore. Installed at the US&nbsp;41 and [[M-94 (Michigan highway)|M-94]] junctions, the signs advise motorists which sections of roadway are closed. Per MDOT policy, only [[Winter service vehicle|snowplows]] are allowed on these sections during a closure.<ref name="MDOT3">{{cite press release |first = Dawn |last = Garner |title = MDOT and MSP Prepare for Bad Weather on M-28 |date = November 23, 2005 |publisher = Michigan Department of Transportation |url = http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9620_11057-130826--,00.html |access-date = January 19, 2008 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071224094924/http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9620_11057-130826--,00.html |archive-date = December 24, 2007 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> The highway exits the Hiawatha National Forest at the [[Alger County, Michigan|Alger County]]–[[Schoolcraft County, Michigan|Schoolcraft County]] line along the Seney Stretch.<ref name="RM13"/>

=== Seney Stretch ===
[[File:seney Stretch1.jpg|thumb|left|The Seney Stretch along M-28|alt=A straight roadway leading away to the horizon with trees on either side of the road]]
The portion of M-28 between [[Seney, Michigan|Seney]] and [[Shingleton, Michigan|Shingleton]], called the Seney Stretch, is {{convert|25|mi|km|0}}<ref name="google">{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=Shingleton,+mi&daddr=Seney,+mi&ie=UTF8&z=10&om=1 |title= Overview Map of the Seney Stretch |access-date= September 15, 2006 }}</ref> of "straight-as-an-arrow highway"<ref name="Dennis">*{{cite book |last = Dennis |first = Jerry |title = The River Home: An Angler's Explorations |publisher = St Martin's Press |date = June 1998 |isbn = 0-312-18594-4 |oclc = 38438636 |edition = 1st |location = New York |at = n.p. }}</ref> across the [[Seney National Wildlife Refuge|Great Manistique Swamp]], "though others claim it's {{convert|50|mi|km|disp=x| [|]}}, only because it seems longer."<ref name="Spalding">{{cite news |first=Steve |last=Spalding |title= You Haven't Lived Here Until... You've Driven the Seney Stretch |work= [[Detroit Free Press]] |date=August 20, 2006 |page=4A |issn= 1055-2758 |id= {{oclc| 10345127| 137343179}} |url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92477806/you-havent-lived-here-until-youve-d/ |access-date= January 13, 2022 |via = Newspapers.com }}</ref> The Seney Stretch is the longest such section of highway in the state, and "one of the longest stretches of curveless highway east of the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]."<ref name="Carter">*{{cite book |title = A Historical Guide to the Seney Stretch |first = James L. |last = Carter |year = 2004 |publisher = Pilot Press |location = Marquette, Michigan |oclc = 57178325 |page = 1 }}</ref> The highway is often cited as the "state's most boring route" according to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and ''Hunts' Guide''.<ref name="MEDC">{{cite web |author = Michigan Economic Development Corporation |title = Michigan Fall Color Tours: Munising, Newberry, Grand Marais |year = 2006 |work = Pure Michigan Travel |publisher = Michigan Economic Development Corporation |url = http://www.michigan.org/travel/drivingtours/detail.asp?cid=07E9B11E-0EE0-4F08-B88D-7DA087A490D6&da=y&m=9;1 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061221021805/http://www.michigan.org/travel/drivingtours/detail.asp?cid=07E9B11E-0EE0-4F08-B88D-7DA087A490D6&da=y&m=9%3B1 |archive-date = December 21, 2006 |access-date = July 22, 2008 |url-status = dead |author-link = Michigan Economic Development Corporation }}</ref><ref name="huntsSS"/> The straightness and flatness over a great distance are given as reasons for the reputation of this stretch as boring.<ref name="huntsSS">{{harvp|Hunt|Hunt|2007|loc=[http://hunts-upguide.com/shingleton.html "Shingleton"].}}</ref>

The road across the swamp was constructed parallel to the line of the [[Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway]] (later the [[Soo Line Railroad]]). It was first numbered as a part of [[M-25 (Michigan highway)|M-25]] when that designation was used along today's M-28 east of US&nbsp;41. The most significant changes made to the stretch since its original construction were the addition of [[Passing lane|passing relief lanes]] and a full-scale, year-round [[rest area]] in 1999.<ref name="mdot">{{cite press release |first = Bill |last = Shreck |title = New Seney Rest Area Brings Year 'Round Relief to M-28 in the Upper Peninsula |date = May 28, 1999 |publisher = Michigan Department of Transportation |url = http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9620_11057-95119--,00.html |access-date = September 15, 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070315042130/http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0%2C1607%2C7-151-9620_11057-95119--%2C00.html |archive-date = March 15, 2007 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

Part of the Seney Stretch forms the northern border of the [[Seney National Wildlife Refuge]].<ref name="SNWRV">{{cite web |author = United States Fish and Wildlife Service |title = Visitor Information |url = http://www.fws.gov/midwest/seney/VisInfo.htm |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080522073254/http://www.fws.gov/midwest/seney/VisInfo.htm |archive-date = May 22, 2008 |date = August 15, 2007 |access-date = July 22, 2008 |work = Seney National Wildlife Refuge |publisher = United States Fish and Wildlife Service |author-link = United States Fish and Wildlife Service }}</ref>  Established in 1935, this refuge is a managed [[wetland]] in [[Schoolcraft County, Michigan|Schoolcraft County]].<ref name="Rosentreter">{{cite journal |ref = Rosentreter |last = Rosentreter |first = Roger L. |title = Roosevelt's Tree Army: Michigan's Civilian Conservation Corps |date = May–June 1986 |journal = [[Michigan History magazine|Michigan History]] |url = http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17451_18670_18793-53515--,00.html |access-date = December 3, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071101015836/http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0%2C1607%2C7-160-17451_18670_18793-53515--%2C00.html |location = Lansing |publisher = [[Michigan Department of State]] |issn = 0026-2196 |oclc = 1757361 |archive-date = November 1, 2007 |url-status = dead }}
</ref> It has an area of {{convert|95212|acre|km2|0}},<ref name="SNWRFS">{{cite web |author = United States Fish and Wildlife Service |title = Fact Sheet |url = http://www.fws.gov/midwest/seney/factsheet.htm |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080229130419/http://www.fws.gov/midwest/seney/factsheet.htm |archive-date = February 29, 2008 |date = August 17, 2007 |access-date = March 18, 2008 |work = Seney National Wildlife Refuge |publisher = United States Fish and Wildlife Service }}</ref> and contains the Strangmoor Bog [[National Natural Landmark]] within its boundaries.<ref name="FWS">{{cite web |author = United States Fish and Wildlife Service |title = About Us |date = February 3, 2011 |url = http://www.fws.gov/midwest/seney/about_us.html |access-date = February 23, 2011 |work = Seney National Wildlife Refuge |publisher = United States Fish and Wildlife Service |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110320093458/http://www.fws.gov/midwest/seney/about_us.html |archive-date = March 20, 2011 |df = mdy-all }}</ref>

=== Seney to eastern terminus ===
[[File:M-28 McMillan.jpg|thumb|right|A passing lane on M-28 westbound near McMillan|alt=A roadway curving down a slight incline and around a bend. On the side of the road are a series of sign posts with the M-28 reassurance marker, a yellow diamond with arrows indicating the traffic directions and a yellow diamond with an arrow warning of the curve in the road.]]
Past Seney, M-28 once again enters woodlands on the eastern end of the Upper Peninsula. In [[Luce County, Michigan|Luce County]], the roadway passes through the community of [[McMillan Township, Luce County, Michigan|McMillan]] en route to [[Newberry, Michigan|Newberry]]. The Circle Tour departs M-28 to follow [[M-123 (Michigan highway)|M-123]] at Newberry, looping north to the [[Tahquamenon Falls State Park]]. East of town, the road passes Luce County Airport off of Luce CR&nbsp;399. From there, M-28 crosses the east and west branches of the Sage River and passes south of [[McMillan Township, Luce County, Michigan|Soo Junction]], before the [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa County]] border.<ref name="MDOT14"/>

In Chippewa County, M-28 begins bending slightly east-northeastward. Hulbert Lake is located south of [[Hulbert, Michigan|Hulbert]]; north of the lake, the highway enters the eastern unit of the Hiawatha National Forest.<ref name="RM13"/> At the eastern junction of M-28 and M-123 near [[Eckerman, Michigan|Eckerman]] and [[Strongs, Michigan|Strongs]], the Circle Tour returns to M-28 and the D.J. Jacobetti Memorial Highway designation ends. The highway leaves the eastern unit of the Hiawatha National Forest between the communities of [[Raco, Michigan|Raco]] and [[Brimley, Michigan|Brimley]].<ref name="RM13"/> [[M-221 (Michigan highway)|M-221]] leads north from the main highway on an old routing of M-28 to connect to the community of Brimley and the [[Bay Mills Indian Community]]. [[Brimley State Park]] is just east of Brimley on the old 6&nbsp;Mile&nbsp;Road alignment of M-28.<ref name="BSP">{{cite web |author = Michigan Department of Natural Resources |date = n.d. |title = Brimley State Park Detail |url = http://www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/details.aspx?id=414&type=SPRK |publisher = Michigan Department of Natural Resources |access-date = March 18, 2008 }}</ref> The highway meets [[Interstate 75 in Michigan|Interstate&nbsp;75]] (I-75) at exit 386, and the Lake Superior Circle Tour departs M-28 to follow I-75. This interchange is just west of [[H-63 (Michigan county highway)|H-63]]/[[Mackinac Trail]], a former segment of US&nbsp;2. M-28 continues {{convert|3|mi|km|spell=in}} farther to its eastern terminus with [[M-129 (Michigan highway)|M-129]].<ref name="MDOT14"/>

=== Services ===
[[File:Scott Falls.jpg|thumb|left|Scott Falls next to a roadside park near [[Au Train, Michigan|Au Train]]|alt=A rock outcropping overhanging a small pool of water with a waterfall cascading into the pool]]
Along the routing of M-28, MDOT has established several roadside parks and rest areas. Two of these are in Ontonagon County near [[Ewen, Michigan|Ewen]] and [[Trout Creek, Michigan|Trout Creek]].<ref name="MDOT14"/> A park with a picnic area and a footbridge lies near Tioga Creek in [[Baraga County, Michigan|Baraga County]] east of the US&nbsp;41 junction.<ref name="huntsTC">{{harvp|Hunt|Hunt|2007|loc=[http://hunts-upguide.com/michigamme_tioga_river_roadside_park_and_waterfall.html "Tioga River Roadside Park and Waterfall"].}}</ref> In [[Michigamme, Michigan|Michigamme]] a scenic turnout and a roadside park overlook [[Lake Michigamme]], and along Lake Superior south of Marquette is a tourist information center built as a log cabin. East of the [[H-01 (Michigan county highway)|H-01]] junction in [[Au Train, Michigan|Au Train]] is a roadside park that includes [[Scott Falls]].<ref name="huntsSF">{{harvp|Hunt|Hunt|2007|loc=[http://hunts-upguide.com/au_train_scott_falls__the_face_in_the_rock_m_dot_harold_rathfoot_roadside_park.html "Au Train—Scott Falls, The Face in the Rock, MDOT Harold Rathfoot Roadside Park"].}}</ref> Further east, a year-round rest area is located on the western end of the Seney Stretch. Three other roadside parks lie east of Harvey in [[Shelter Bay, Michigan|Shelter Bay]], on the shores of Deer Lake and west of Newberry.<ref name="MDOT14"/>

== History ==

=== Mainline history ===
Formed by July 1, 1919, M-28 began in [[Wakefield, Michigan|Wakefield]] at a junction with then [[M-12 (Michigan highway)|M-12]] and ran roughly along the current alignment to end at [[M-15 (Michigan highway)|M-15]], {{convert|6.5|mi|km|1}} east of [[Covington, Michigan|Covington]].<ref name="MSHD19">{{cite MDOT map |date=1919-07-01U |link= yes }}</ref> These two termini roughly correspond to the modern [[U.S. Route 2 in Michigan|US&nbsp;2]] and western [[U.S. Route 41 in Michigan|US&nbsp;41]] junctions respectively. M-28 was extended in 1927 along US&nbsp;41 into [[Marquette County, Michigan|Marquette County]] and east over [[M-25 (Michigan highway)|M-25]] through [[Chatham, Michigan|Chatham]], [[Munising, Michigan|Munising]], and [[Newberry, Michigan|Newberry]], before ending in downtown [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan|Sault Ste. Marie]]. At Negaunee, M-28 took the former routing of M-15 between [[Negaunee, Michigan|Negaunee]] and [[Marquette, Michigan|Marquette]] for {{convert|10|mi|km|0}} while US&nbsp;41 ran along a portion of [[M-35 (Michigan highway)|M-35]].<ref name="MSHD27">{{cite MDOT map |date=1927-12-01 }}</ref> This southern loop routing of M-28 lasted until approximately 1936, when M-28 was moved to US&nbsp;41,<ref name="MSHD36-06">{{cite MDOT map |date=1936-06-01 |sections=B1–B11}}</ref> and the former route became [[County Road 492 (Marquette County, Michigan)|CR&nbsp;492]].<ref name="googleN">{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Negaunee,+MI&ie=UTF8&z=12 |title=Negaunee, Michigan |access-date= July 1, 2008 }}</ref> A new routing of M-28 in the Newberry area opened later that year,<ref name="MSHD36-12">{{cite MDOT map |date= 1936-12-15 |sections=B1–B11}}</ref> and a new M-28A (later [[M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan)|Bus. M-28]]) existed until 1953.<ref name="MSHD53">{{cite MDOT map |date=1953-04-15 |sections= B1–B11}}</ref> Another realignment in 1937 marked the transfer of M-28 out of downtown [[Ishpeming, Michigan|Ishpeming]] and Negaunee. This former routing later became [[M-28 Business (Ishpeming-Negaunee, Michigan)|Bus. M-28]].<ref name="MSHD37-12">{{cite MDOT map |date=1937-12-01 |sections=B1–B11}}</ref>

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In the late 1930s, a highway numbered '''M-178''' was designated between M-28 south of Munising to M-94 in town.<ref name=MSHD36-06/> In 1941, the routings of M-28 and [[M-94 (Michigan highway)|M-94]] were reversed between [[Harvey, Michigan|Harvey]] and Munising, and M-28 supplanted the M-178 designation completely.<ref name="MSHD41-03">{{cite MDOT map |date=1941-03-21 |sections=B1–B11}}</ref><ref name="MSHD41-12">{{cite MDOT map |date=1941-12-01 |sections=B1–B11}}</ref> Since then, M-28 has run along the lakeshore through [[Au Train, Michigan|Au Train]]. M-28 was extended along US&nbsp;2 to the state line at [[Ironwood, Michigan|Ironwood]], and the eastern end of M-28 through [[Brimley, Michigan|Brimley]] was moved to a new alignment ending at US&nbsp;2, in [[Dafter, Michigan|Dafter]] in 1942.<ref name="MSHD42-06">{{cite MDOT map |date=1942-06-01 |sections=B1–B11}}</ref> The eastern end was moved along US&nbsp;2 back to Sault Ste. Marie in 1948,<ref name="MSHD48-07">{{cite MDOT map |date=1948-07-01 |sections=B1–B11}}</ref> though the terminus was returned to Dafter in 1950.<ref name="MSHD50-04">{{cite MDOT map |date= 1950-04-15 |sections= B1–B11}}</ref>

[[File:M-28 & M-178.jpg |thumb|left|Junction between M-28 and M-178 just south of Munising before 1941]]
From 1952 to 1962, M-28 crossed US&nbsp;2 at Wakefield going south and stopped at the [[Wisconsin]] border, connecting with a county road.<ref name="MSHD52-04">{{cite MDOT map |date= 1952-04-15 |sections= B1–B11}}</ref> This segment of the highway (now Gogebic CR&nbsp;519)<ref name="googleW">{{google maps |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Wakefield,+MI&ie=UTF8&z=13&iwloc=addr |title=Wakefield, Michigan |access-date= March 16, 2008 }}</ref> was transferred back to the county in 1962.<ref name="MSHD62">{{cite MDOT map |year=1962 |sections=B1–B11}}</ref> M-94 previously looped along Munising-Van Meer-Shingleton Road (now [[H-58 (Michigan county highway)|H-58]] and [[H-15 (Michigan county highway)|H-15]]) north of M-28 between Munising and Shingleton. This routing was abandoned on November 7, 1963 in favor of the current [[concurrency (road)|concurrency]].<ref name="ROWAC">{{cite map |author = Michigan Department of Transportation |date = September 2007 |map-url = https://mdotjboss.state.mi.us/BITMIX/getMapDocument.htm?docGuid=c19bc118-e654-43c4-8295-a67779bb1978&fileName=Sheet056.pdf |map = Alger County |title = Right-of-Way File Application |scale = Scale not given |location = Lansing |publisher = Michigan Department of Transportation |sheet = 56 |oclc = 23853690 |access-date = May 8, 2008 }}</ref> The last significant change to the M-28 routing occurred on March 3, 1989, when the eastern terminus was moved east to [[M-129 (Michigan highway)|M-129]].<ref name="ROWCC">{{cite map |author = Michigan Department of Transportation |date = August 7, 1991 |map-url = https://mdotjboss.state.mi.us/BITMIX/getMapDocument.htm?docGuid=23f42741-49d9-4ebb-ab81-991f18760694&fileName=Chippewa.pdf&rowMapProjNum=1315934&rowMapLegendFileName=ROW+Map+Legend.pdf&realEstatePhoneNumber=517-599-6740 |map = Chippewa County |title = Right-of-Way File Application |scale = Scale not given |location = Lansing |publisher = Michigan Department of Transportation |at = Title sheet |access-date = May 8, 2008 |oclc = 12843824 }}</ref>

[[File:US 41 M-28 Marquette roundabout.jpg|thumb|Diagram of the roundabout in Marquette as proposed]]
MDOT unveiled plans on March 31, 2009, to rebuild the intersection between Front Street and the eastern end of the Marquette Bypass during 2010.<ref name=diem-2009-03-27>{{cite news |last = Diem |first = Christopher |url = http://beta249.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/524905.html?nav=5006 |title = City Set to Upgrade Confusing Intersection |location = Marquette, Michigan |work = [[The Mining Journal]] |access-date = April 2, 2009 |date = March 27, 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723210514/http://beta249.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/524905.html?nav=5006 |archive-date = July 23, 2011 |issn = 0898-4964 |oclc = 9729223 |url-status = dead }}</ref> The previous intersection configuration dated back to the 1960s and had been labeled as "dangerous and [causing] significant traffic delays" by the designers of the replacement.<ref name=diem-2009-04-02>{{cite news |last = Diem |first = Christopher |url = http://www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/525269.html?nav=5006 |title = Residents Get Look at Plan for Roundabout |location = Marquette, Michigan |work = The Mining Journal |access-date = April 2, 2009 |date = April 1, 2009 |issn = 0898-4964 |oclc = 9729223 }}</ref> A traffic study concluded in 2007 that the intersection would need either the roundabout or a traffic signal with several turning lanes to accommodate the traffic needs in the area. MDOT decided in favor of a two-lane, {{convert|150|ft|m|adj=on}} roundabout retaining the right-turn lanes from the previous intersection layout. These lanes will be used by right-turning traffic to bypass the circle at the center of the intersection.<ref name=diem-2009-04-02/>

Construction started on the project in May.<ref name=diem-2010-06-21>{{cite news |last = Diem |first = Christopher |title = Roundabout Work Progresses |work = The Mining Journal |location = Marquette, Michigan |date = June 21, 2010 |url = http://beta249.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/545490.html |access-date = September 11, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723210905/http://beta249.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/545490.html |archive-date = July 23, 2011 |issn = 0898-4964 |oclc = 9729223 |url-status = dead }}</ref> A section of the intersection was opened in July to traffic from the south that turns west.<ref name=diem-2010-07-17>{{cite news |last = Diem |first = Christopher |title = Routes Through Town Reopen |work = The Mining Journal |location = Marquette, Michigan |date = July 17, 2010 |url = http://beta249.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/546414.html |access-date = September 11, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723211004/http://beta249.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/546414.html |archive-date = July 23, 2011 |issn = 0898-4964 |oclc = 9729223 |url-status = dead }}</ref> The lanes northbound into downtown were opened in the beginning of August,<ref name=diem-2010-08-06>{{cite news |last = Diem |first = Christopher |title = Open for Business: Motorists Take Measure of New Intersection |work = The Mining Journal |location = Marquette, Michigan |date = August 6, 2010 |url = http://beta249.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/547215.html |access-date = September 11, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723211057/http://beta249.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/547215.html |archive-date = July 23, 2011 |issn = 0898-4964 |oclc = 9729223 |url-status = dead }}</ref> and the city held a ribbon cutting ceremony on August 19, 2010. The remaining lanes were opened the next day.<ref name=diem-2010-08-19>{{cite news |last = Diem |first = Christopher |title = New Roundabout Celebrated with Ceremony |work = The Mining Journal |location = Marquette, Michigan |date = August 19, 2010 |url = http://beta249.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/547668.html |access-date = September 11, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723211137/http://beta249.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/547668.html |archive-date = July 23, 2011 |issn = 0898-4964 |oclc = 9729223 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

=== Historic bridges ===
MDOT has highlighted five [[National Register of Historic Places|historic]] bridges along the route of M-28 on the MDOT website. In [[Interior Township, Michigan|Interior Township]], [[Ontonagon County, Michigan|Ontonagon County]], the highway crosses the [[Ontonagon River]] over a bridge built in 1929.  Designed by the State Highway Department and built by the firm of Meads and Anderson, the Ontonagon River Bridge is one of only three [[Arch bridges|steel arch]] bridges in Michigan. The main span arch is  {{convert|150|ft|m|0}} long.<ref name="mb1">{{cite web |author = Michigan Department of Transportation |title = M-28–Ontonagon River Bridge |date = April 19, 2002 |work = Michigan's Historic Bridges |publisher = Michigan Department of Transportation |url = http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9620_11154_11188-29212--,00.html |access-date = January 28, 2008 }}</ref> A former routing of M-28 in [[Covington Township, Michigan|Covington Township]] crosses the Rock River. Although this section was bypassed by a new alignment of the trunkline in 1924, the bridge remains complete "with corbeled bulkheads and six panels recessed in the concrete spandrel walls."<ref name="mb2">{{cite web |author = Michigan Department of Transportation |title = Old M-28–Rock River Bridge |date = April 9, 2002 |work = Michigan's Historic Bridges |publisher = Michigan Department of Transportation |url = http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9620_11154_11188-25653--,00.html |access-date = January 18, 2008 }}</ref> The [[corbel]]s and [[spandrel]]s are decorative features found in the concrete sides of the bridge.

[[Image:US 41 Peshekee Bridge.jpg|thumb|right|Abandoned Peshekee River Bridge in [[Michigamme Township, Michigan|Michigamme Township]]|alt=A river flowing between two banks covered in vegetation and trees. The river flows under a concrete bridge resting on four support piers into a lake in the background.]]

Today, drivers cannot use the [[Trunk Line Bridge No. 1|Peshekee River Bridge]] south of US&nbsp;41/M-28 in western [[Marquette County, Michigan|Marquette County]]'s [[Michigamme Township, Michigan|Michigamme Township]]. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as "Trunk Line Bridge No. 1" for its engineering and architectural significance.<ref name="NHS1">{{cite web |author = National Park Service |title = National Register of Historic Places—Michigan (MI), Marquette County |year = 1999 |work = [[National Register of Historic Places]] |url = http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/MI/Marquette/state.html |access-date = February 12, 2008 |author-link = National Park Service }}</ref> MDOT has listed it as "one of Michigan's most important vehicular bridges."<ref name="mb3">{{cite web |author = Michigan Department of Transportation |title = US&nbsp;41–Peshekee River Bridge |date = April 23, 2002 |work = Michigan's Historic Bridges |publisher = Michigan Department of Transportation |url = http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9620_11154_11188-30382--,00.html |access-date = January 18, 2008 }}</ref> It was the first bridge designed by the Michigan State Highway Department, the forerunner to MDOT, in 1914. It was bypassed by a newer bridge built over the Peshekee River on US&nbsp;41/M-28 subsequently abandoned as a roadway. The replacement bridge was bypassed and demolished in 1995.<ref name="AL&S">{{cite web |author = A. Lindberg & Sons, Inc. |date = n.d. |title = Projects |publisher = A. Lindberg & Sons, Inc |url = http://www.lindberginc.com/projects.htm |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060619055255/http://lindberginc.com/projects.htm |archive-date = June 19, 2006 |access-date = February 13, 2008 }}</ref>

The next historic bridge listed by MDOT along M-28 is [[M-28–Sand River Bridge|over the Sand River]] in [[Onota Township, Michigan|Onota Township]] in [[Alger County, Michigan|Alger County]]. While not visible to motorists, the bridge, constructed in 1939, is the longest rural rigid-frame span in Michigan.<ref name="mb4">{{cite web |author = Michigan Department of Transportation |title = M-28–Sand River Bridge |date = April 9, 2002 |work = Michigan's Historic Bridges |publisher = Michigan Department of Transportation |url = http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9620_11154_11188-25541--,00.html |access-date = January 18, 2008 }}</ref> Most bridges of this type were built in urban locations, and soil conditions in the state limit locations for this style of bridge. The [[M-28–Tahquamenon River Bridge|bridge]] over the East Branch of the [[Tahquamenon River]] in [[Chippewa County, Michigan|Chippewa County]] was built in 1926 as a "formative exercise in what would evolve into a state standard design."<ref name="mb5">{{cite web |author = Michigan Department of Transportation |title = M-28–E. Br. Tahquamenon River Bridge |date = April 15, 2002 |work = Michigan's Historic Bridges |publisher = Michigan Department of Transportation |url = http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9620_11154_11188-26681--,00.html |access-date = January 18, 2008 }}</ref> The {{convert|55|ft|m|0|adj=on}} bridge was built with nine lines of [[I-beam]]s encased in concrete. Only one other bridge in Michigan was built with such concrete encasement.<ref name="mb5"/>

== Future ==
[[File:Michigan 480 Marquette County.svg|thumb|left|80px|CR&nbsp;480 in Marquette County|alt=County Road 480 marker]]
In the August 24, 2005 edition, the [[Marquette, Michigan|Marquette]] ''Mining Journal''  reported that the [[Marquette County, Michigan|Marquette County]] Board and the County Road Commission were negotiating with MDOT to transfer the jurisdiction of Marquette County Road&nbsp;480 to the state. Several routing options have been discussed, though all would make CR&nbsp;480 a part of M-28.<ref name="mj">{{cite news |first = Pete |last = Mackin |title = CR&nbsp;480 Plan Taking Shape |location = Marquette, Michigan |work = The Mining Journal |date = August 24, 2005 |pages = A1+ |issn = 0898-4964 |oclc = 9729223 }}</ref> Cost was the primary reason given behind rerouting M-28 along CR&nbsp;480. "The road commission receives about $50,000{{#tag:ref|Equivalent to ${{formatnum:{{inflation|US-GDP|50000|2005|r=-3}}}} in {{inflation-year|US-GDP}}.{{inflation-fn|US-GDP|name-list-style=amp}}|group=lower-alpha}} a year in state gas tax money but spends about $100,000{{#tag:ref|Equivalent to ${{formatnum:{{inflation|US-GDP|100000|2005|r=-3}}}} in {{inflation-year|US-GDP}}.{{inflation-fn|US-GDP|name-list-style=amp}}|group=lower-alpha}} to maintain CR&nbsp;480 because of the type and volume of traffic it receives."<ref name="mj"/> Handing CR&nbsp;480 over to the state would shift the maintenance costs to the state, as well.<ref name="mj"/>

MDOT has indicated that it has not requested jurisdiction, but rather if it assumed control of the route, the community would need to support a through-route. Several proposals have arisen, including creating a "spur" from US&nbsp;41/M-28 through the east end of Ishpeming to meet CR&nbsp;480 west of Negaunee. This spur would pass through recently reopened former mining "caving grounds", and to the south of the Mather A & B Mine complex.<ref name="mj"/> According to Gerry Corkin, Marquette County Board Chairman, "the land that was purchased by Ishpeming and Negaunee, the mining company land, this has the potential to help in the development of that if this is compatible. I think both cities will be interested in taking a look at what the land uses are and where this [spur] would push through."<ref name="mj"/>

The spur proposal would open land to development between the downtown areas of the two cities. If jurisdiction is transferred, and M-28 is routed over CR&nbsp;480 as proposed, M-28 would leave the concurrency with US&nbsp;41 near [[Teal Lake (Michigan)|Teal Lake]] in Negaunee, and cross the caving grounds west of downtown to connect to Rail Street. Rail Street would serve as the connector to CR&nbsp;480, which ends at the intersection of Rail and Ann streets and Healey Avenue. Proposals indicate two routing options for the east end of CR&nbsp;480. One would route M-28 back along US&nbsp;41 from Beaver Grove north of the CR&nbsp;480 eastern terminus to the existing M-28 in Harvey. A second would route it along CR&nbsp;551/Cherry Creek Road from CR&nbsp;480 to M-28 in Harvey.<ref name="mj"/>

== Business loops ==
{{Main|U.S. Route 41 Business (Marquette, Michigan)| M-28 Business (Ishpeming–Negaunee, Michigan)| M-28 Business (Newberry, Michigan) |l1=Business US&nbsp;41 in Marquette|l2=Business M-28 in Ishpeming–Negaunee|l3=Business M-28 in Newberry}}
There have been three [[business loop]]s for M-28: Ishpeming–Negaunee, Marquette and Newberry. Only the business loop serving Ishpeming and Negaunee is still a state-maintained trunkline. US&nbsp;41/M-28 was relocated to bypass the two cities' downtowns in 1937.<ref name="MSHD37-12"/><ref name="MSHD37-05">{{cite MDOT map |date= 1937-05-15 |section= B5}}</ref> The highway through downtown Ishpeming and Negaunee later carried the ALT&nbsp;US&nbsp;41/ALT&nbsp;M-28 designation before being designated Bus. M-28 in 1958.<ref name="MDOT51">{{cite map |author = Michigan State Highway Department |location = Lansing |publisher = Michigan State Highway Department |title = City of Ishpeming Act 51 Map |year = 1951 |scale = Scale not given }}</ref><ref name="MSHD58">{{cite MDOT map |year=1958 |section=C5}}</ref> The western end of the business loop was transferred to local government control when Bus. M-28 was moved along Lakeshore Drive in 1999.<ref name="MSABR">{{cite web |author = State Administrative Board |date = February 20, 2007 |title = State Administrative Board Resolutions, 1940–Present |location = Lansing |publisher = State of Michigan |url = https://cdm16110.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16110coll2/id/146503 |page = 49 |access-date = January 1, 2023 |author-link = Michigan State Administrative Board |oclc = 85834636 |via = Library of Michigan Digital Repository }}</ref>

[[File:Marquette, Michigan - Buildings.jpg|thumb|right|The former Bus. US&nbsp;41 along Washington Street in downtown Marquette|alt=A city street with parked vehicles on either side in front of a series of stone buildings]]
Bus. US&nbsp;41 in Marquette was first shown on a map in 1964 after the construction of the Marquette Bypass.<ref name="MSHD63">{{cite MDOT map |year= 1963 |section=B6}}</ref><ref name="MSHD64">{{cite MDOT map |year= 1964 |section=B6}}</ref> It was later designated Bus. US&nbsp;41/Bus. M-28 on a map in 1975;<ref name="MDOT75">{{cite MDOT map |year= 1975 |inset= Marquette}}</ref> this second designation was removed from maps by 1982.<ref name="MDOT82M">{{cite MDOT map |year=1982 |inset= Marquette}}</ref> The entire business loop was turned back to local control in a "route swap" between the City of Marquette and MDOT announced in early 2005. The proposal transferred jurisdiction on the unsigned [[M-554 (Michigan highway)|M-554]] and the business route from the state to the city. The state would take jurisdiction over a segment of McClellan Avenue to be used to extend [[M-553 (Michigan highway)|M-553]] to US&nbsp;41/M-28. In addition, MDOT would pay $2.5&nbsp;million (equivalent to ${{Formatprice|{{Inflation|US-GDP|2500000|2005|r=-3}}}} in {{inflation-year|US-GDP}}{{inflation-fn|US-GDP|name-list-style=amp}}) for reconstruction work planned for 2007.<ref name="swanson">{{cite news |last = Swanson |first = Scott |title = City to Get $2.5&nbsp;Million |work = The Mining Journal |location = Marquette, Michigan |date = April 26, 2005 |page = A1 |issn = 0898-4964 |oclc = 9729223 }}</ref> The transfer would increase Marquette's operational and maintenance liability expenses by $26,000 (equivalent to ${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US-GDP|26000|2005|r=-3}}}} in {{inflation-year|US-GDP}}{{inflation-fn|US-GDP|name-list-style=amp}}) and place the financial burden of the future replacement of a stop light on the city.<ref name="swanson"/> On October 10, 2005, MDOT and Marquette transferred jurisdiction over the three roadways. As a result, Bus. US&nbsp;41 was decommissioned when the local government took control over Washington and Front streets.<ref name="jtpr">{{cite press release |last = Garner |first = Dawn |title = MDOT and City of Marquette Complete Jurisdictional Transfer |publisher = Michigan Department of Transportation |date = November 9, 2005 |url = http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9620_11057-129975--,00.html |access-date = July 31, 2008 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070314203544/http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0%2C1607%2C7-151-9620_11057-129975--%2C00.html |archive-date = March 14, 2007 }}</ref> As a result of the decommissioning, the 2006 maps did not show the now former business loop.<ref name="MDOT06">{{cite MDOT map |year=2006 |section=B4}}</ref>

The Newberry Bus. M-28 was designated from 1936 until 1952 as M-28A.<ref name="MSHD36-12"/> The MSHD maps of the time showed it signed as Bus. M-28 in 1952 before it was turned back to local control in 1953.<ref name="MSHD53"/><ref name="MSHD52-10">{{cite MDOT map |date= 1952-10-01 |sections= B1–B11}}</ref>

== Major intersections ==
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|location=Seney
|lspan=2
|mile=210.984
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MI|M|77|dir1=south|city1=Blaney Park}}
|notes=Eastern end of the Seney Stretch<br />Eastern end of a {{convert|0.36|mi|adj=on}} concurrency to cross Fox River}}
{{MIint
|mile=211.344
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MI|M|77|Tour|LSCT-Spur|dir1=north|dir2=north|city1=Grand Marais}}
|notes=Western end of M-77 concurrency}}
{{MIint
|county=Luce
|cspan=3
|location=Lakefield Township
|ctdab=Luce
|mile=226.619
|road={{jct|state=MI|CDH|H-33|county1=Luce|dir1=south|city1=Germfask|name1=CR&nbsp;135 / Manistique Lakes Road}}
|notes=Former terminus of [[M-135 (Michigan highway)|M-135]]}}
{{MIint
|location=Pentland Township
|lspan=2
|mile=230.927
|road={{jct|state=MI|M|117|dir1=south|city1=Engadine}}
|notes=Northern terminus of M-117}}
{{MIint
|type=concur
|mile=233.916
|road={{jct|state=MI|M|123|Tour|LSCT|dir1=north|dir2=north|city1=Newberry|name2=Newberry Avenue}}
|notes=Western junction with M-123; eastern end of LSCT concurrency; provides access to [[Tahquamenon Falls State Park]]}}
{{MIint
|county=Chippewa
|cspan=5
|location=Chippewa Township
|ctdab=Chippewa
|type=concur
|mile=257.648
|road={{jct|state=MI|M|123|Tour|LSCT|dir2=north|city1=Paradise|city2=Trout Lake}}
|notes=Eastern junction with M-123; western end of LSCT concurrency}}
{{MIint
|location=Superior Township
|ctdab=Chippewa
|mile=279.943
|road={{jct|state=MI|M|221|dir1=north|city1=Brimley}}
|notes=Southern terminus of M-221}}
{{MIint
|location=Dafter Township
|lspan=2
|type=concur
|mile=287.484
|road={{jct|state=MI|I|75|Tour|LSCT|dir2=north|city1=Sault Ste. Marie|city2=St. Ignace}}
|notes=Exit 386 on I-75; eastern end of LSCT concurrency}}
{{MIint
|mile=287.873
|road={{jct|state=MI|CDH|H-63|county1=Chippewa|city1=Sault Ste. Marie|city2=St. Ignace|name1=[[Mackinac Trail]]}}
|notes=Former [[U.S. Route 2 in Michigan|US&nbsp;2]]}}
{{MIint
|location=Bruce Township
|ctdab=Chippewa
|mile=290.373
|road={{jct|state=MI|M|129|Tour|LHCT|city1=Sault Ste. Marie|city2=St. Ignace|name1=McKnight Road}}
|notes=}}
{{jctbtm|keys=concur,incomplete}}

== See also ==
{{Portal|Michigan Highways}}
*[[List of longest state highways in the United States]]
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== Notes ==
{{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}}

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|M-28 (Michigan highway)|M-28}}
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*{{Osmrelation-inline|226345|M-28}}
* [http://www.michiganhighways.org/listings/M-028.html M-28] at Michigan Highways
* [http://www.michiganhighways.org/listings/M-178.html Former M-178] at Michigan Highways
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