Editing Alpena, Michigan (section)

===Major highways===
*{{jct|state=MI|US|23}} serves Alpena on its way along the [[Lake Huron]] shoreline. It has been designated the "Sunrise Side Coastal Highway", and runs along (or parallels) the Lake Huron shore. To the north, it passes [[Grand Lake (Presque Isle, Michigan)|Grand Lake]] and [[Long Lake (Alpena County, Michigan)|Long Lake]], then to [[Rogers City, Michigan|Rogers City]], through [[Cheboygan, Michigan|Cheboygan]], and on to [[Mackinaw City, Michigan|Mackinaw City]], where it ends at [[Interstate 75 in Michigan|I-75]] and the [[Mackinac Bridge]].  On US&nbsp;23 as it crosses Birdsong Bay just south of Alpena exists a sign which notes that it rests on the [[45th parallel north|45th parallel]], indicating travelers are halfway between the equator and the North Pole.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/236626|title=Google Groups|work=keyhole.com|access-date=2007-12-18|archive-date=2012-07-08|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708202849/http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/236626|url-status=dead}}</ref> This is one of 29 places (six are in Michigan) in the U.S. where such signs are known to exist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wurlington-bros.com/Museum/45th/NAmer.html|title=45th Parallel North America|work=wurlington-bros.com}}</ref> US 23 continues south to [[Ossineke, Michigan|Ossineke]] then further south to [[Oscoda, Michigan|Oscoda]] and [[Tawas City]]. US 23 south joins [[Interstate 75 in Michigan|Interstate 75]] near [[Standish, Michigan|Standish]] where it continues south downstate. 
*{{jct|state=MI|M|32}} ends its {{convert|100|mi|km|adj=on}} easterly route from [[Lake Michigan]] to Lake Huron traversing the northern [[Lower Peninsula of Michigan|Lower Peninsula]] within downtown Alpena at an intersection with US 23.