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===Highways=== There are one [[List of Interstate Highways in Michigan|Interstate Highway]], five [[List of U.S. Highways in Michigan|US Highways]] and 24 other [[List of state trunkline highways in Michigan|state highways]] in the Upper Peninsula. [[Interstate 75 in Michigan|Interstate 75]] is the only freeway in the region and runs from the [[Mackinac Bridge]] at St. Ignace to the [[Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge|International Bridge]] at Sault Ste. Marie. Two highways run the east–west length of the peninsula, [[U.S. Route 2 in Michigan|US Highway 2]] along the south and [[M-28 (Michigan highway)|M-28]] to the north. [[U.S. Route 41 in Michigan|US 41]] runs north–south through the central and western UP, connecting Menominee, Escanaba, Marquette and Houghton before terminating near the tip of the Keweenaw at Copper Harbor. [[M-185 (Michigan highway)|M-185]] encircles Mackinac Island as the only state highway in the country without motor vehicles. The [[United States Forest Service]] and [[Federal Highway Administration]] have designated certain roads within the several National Forests in the UP as [[Forest Route|Federal Forest Highways]].<ref name=FH>{{cite web |url=http://flh.fhwa.dot.gov/programs/plh/fh/ |title=Forest Highways |author=Office of Federal Lands Highway |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |date=December 18, 2009 |access-date=July 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818105029/http://flh.fhwa.dot.gov/programs/plh/fh/ |archive-date=August 18, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> State-maintained highways closest to the Upper Peninsula's [[Great Lakes]] shorelines are marked by the [[Michigan Department of Transportation]] (MDOT) with signs indicating that they are part of the [[Great Lakes Circle Tour]], a designated scenic road system connecting all of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.great-lakes.net/tourism/circletour/ |title=Great Lakes Circle Tour |publisher=Great Lakes Commission |date=July 5, 2005 |access-date=July 18, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725204133/http://www.great-lakes.net/tourism/circletour/ |archive-date=July 25, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> MDOT has also designated five UP highways as [[Pure Michigan Byway]]s for their historic, recreational or scenic qualities.<ref name="MDOTHR">{{cite web |publisher=Michigan Department of Transportation |url=http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9621_11041_11209-217276--,00.html |title=Drive Home Our Heritage |work=Heritage Routes |date=February 5, 2010 |access-date=May 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100314085408/http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0%2C1607%2C7-151-9621_11041_11209-217276--%2C00.html |archive-date=March 14, 2010 }}</ref><ref name=M-134-FreePress>{{cite news |date=October 14, 2015 |title=M-134 in UP Tapped as Pure Michigan's First Byway |url=http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/10/14/pure-michigan-first-byway-highway-134/73921032/ |work=Detroit Free Press |agency=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=October 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819101519/http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/10/14/pure-michigan-first-byway-highway-134/73921032/ |archive-date=August 19, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> They are: US 2 in Iron County (Iron County Heritage Trail) and in Schoolcraft and Mackinac counties (Top of the Lake Scenic Byway), US 41 from Houghton to Copper Harbor (Copper County Trail, also a [[National Scenic Byway]]), [[M-35 (Michigan highway)|M-35]] (UP Hidden Coast Recreational Heritage Trail), [[M-123 (Michigan highway)|M-123]] (Tahquamenon Scenic Heritage Route) and [[M-134 (Michigan highway)|M-134]] (M-134 North Huron Byway)
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