Editing Saginaw County, Michigan (section)

==Transportation==
Saginaw County was the destination of a [[Sac (people)|Sauk]] footpath that became one of the first roads in what is now Michigan, the [[Saginaw Trail]]. The trail, first authorized in 1819, was completed to Saginaw in 1841. Since then, Saginaw's access to the outside world has expanded with the development of maritime, rail, air, and freeway links to the major cities of Michigan and neighboring states and nations.

===Airports===
Scheduled airline service is available from [[MBS International Airport]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mbsairport.org/|title=MBS International Airport|work=mbsairport.org}}</ref> near [[Freeland, Michigan]] and  [[Bishop International Airport]] in [[Flint, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bishopairport.org/|title=Bishop International Airport: Flint, Michigan: Flights & Airport Travel|work=bishopairport.org}}</ref>  [[Saginaw County H.W. Browne Airport|Harry Browne Airport]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.khyx.org//|title=Saginaw Browne Airport Aircraft Services|author=Jeff Turner|work=khyx.org}}</ref> in [[Buena Vista Charter Township]] also serves the region.

===Highways===
* {{jct|state=MI|I|75}}, a major north–south freeway running from [[Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan]] to [[Miami-Dade County, Florida]]
* {{jct|state=MI|I|675}}, a business route freeway from Interstate 75 passing through downtown Saginaw
* {{jct|state=MI|US|23}}
* {{jct|state=MI|M|13}} runs from [[Interstate 69 in Michigan|I-69]] through downtown [[Saginaw, Michigan|Saginaw]] and north to [[Standish, Michigan|Standish]].
* {{jct|state=MI|M|15}}
* {{jct|state=MI|M|30}}
* {{jct|state=MI|M|46}} is a cross peninsular road, running across the mitten and the thumb—from [[Port Sanilac, Michigan|Port Sanilac]] on the [[Lake Huron]] shore; through [[Saginaw, Michigan|Saginaw]] near [[Saginaw Bay]]; and then on to [[Muskegon, Michigan|Muskegon]] on the [[Lake Michigan]] shore.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.state-ends.com/michigan/m46/|title=M-46 Endpoint Photos.|work=state-ends.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050414190154/http://www.state-ends.com/michigan/m46/|archive-date=April 14, 2005}}</ref>  This east-west surface route nearly bisects the Lower Peninsula of Michigan latitudinally.
* {{jct|state=MI|M|47}} passes through the western suburbs and provides a direct connection to [[MBS International Airport]] in [[Freeland, Michigan|Freeland]] before ending at [[U.S. Route 10 in Michigan|US 10]] in nearby [[Bay County, Michigan|Bay County]].
* {{jct|state=MI|M|52}} runs from the [[Ohio]] border through [[Adrian, Michigan|Adrian]] and [[Owosso, Michigan|Owosso]] before ending at [[M-46 (Michigan highway)|M-46]], in the western suburbs of Saginaw. M-52 also provides an alternate connection to [[Lansing, Michigan|Lansing]], Michigan's state capitol.
* {{jct|state=MI|M|54}}
* {{jct|state=MI|M|57}}
* {{jct|state=MI|M|58}} runs from M-47 to I-675.
* {{jct|state=MI|M|81}} runs east from M-13 to [[Caro, Michigan|Caro]] and [[Cass City, Michigan|Cass City]] and ends at M-53 in [[Sanilac County, Michigan|Sanilac County]].
* {{jct|state=MI|M|83}}
* {{jct|state=MI|M|84}} runs from M-25 in downtown [[Bay City, Michigan|Bay City]] to M-58 in Saginaw.

===Maritime===
The [[Saginaw River]] is maintained by the [[U. S. Army Corps of Engineers|Corps of Engineers]], and from time to time, dredged to maintain a shipping channel down the river to [[Bay City, Michigan|Bay City]], and from there, to the [[Great Lakes]].