The State Trunkline Highway System in Michigan consists of all the state highways, including those designated as Interstate, United States, or State Trunkline highways. Maintained by the Michigan Department of Transportation, the system comprises 9,716 miles (15,636 km) of trunklines in all 83 counties of the state. Its components range in scale from 10-lane urban freeways to two-lane rural undivided highways to a non-motorized highway on Mackinac Island, where cars are forbidden. The longest highway is nearly 400 miles (640 km) long, while the shortest is about three-quarters of a mile (about 1.2 km). A constitutional prohibition on state involvement in roads was removed in the early 20th century and on May 13, 1913, the State Reward Trunk Line Highways Act was passed, creating the system. Highway numbers were first posted on signs in 1919, making Michigan the second state to do so. Michigan's first freeways were built during the 1940s. Construction on Michigan's Interstates started in the late 1950s and continued until 1992. Few additional freeways have been built since 1992, and in the early years of the 21st century, projects are underway to bypass cities with new highways.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_State_Trunkline_Highway_System
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1888:
Princess Isabel of the Empire of Brazil signed the Lei Áurea into law, formally abolishing slavery in Brazil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Brazil
1909:
The first Giro d'Italia long distance road bicycle racing stage race began in Italy, with Italian professional road racing cyclist Luigi Ganna becoming the eventual winner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giro_d%27Italia
1917:
Ten-year-old Lúcia Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto reportedly began experiencing a Marian apparition near Fátima, Portugal, now known as Our Lady of Fátima. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_F%C3%A1tima
1958:
Australian Ben Carlin became the only person to circumnavigate the world in an amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 80,000 kilometres (50,000 mi) by land and sea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Carlin
1992:
Li Hongzhi introduced Falun Gong in a public lecture in Changchun, Jilin province, China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Hongzhi
2005:
Uzbek Interior Ministry and National Security Service troops fired into a crowd of protesters in Andijan, Uzbekistan, killing anywhere from 187, the official count of the government, to a reported 5,000 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andijan_massacre
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
mama bear: (slang) A woman, especially a mother, who is extremely protective of a child or children. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mama_bear
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
Things pass, but the essence remains. You sit, therefore, in the midst of a dream. Essence dreams it a dream of form. Forms pass, but the essence remains, dreaming new dreams. Man names these dreams and thinks to have captured the essence, not knowing that he invokes the unreal. These stones, these walls, these bodies you see seated about you are poppies and water and the sun. They are the dreams of the Nameless. in --Lord of Light https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lord_of_Light
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