Michigan State Highway 28
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Michigan 28, or M-28 is a long east-west state highway that almost completely traverses the Upper Peninsula of Michigan from from Wakefield, junction U.S. Highway 2 to near Rosedale, junction Michigan State Highway 129. It has intersections with U.S. Highway 45 at Bruce Crossing and Interstate 75 near Dafter. Between Covington (where U.S. Highway 41 and U.S. Highway 141 have their northern junction) and Marquette, M-28 and US-41 coincide, and the route is more decidedly east-west than north-south, through hilly terrain. Between Marquette and Munising, M-28 gives a spectacular view of Lake Superior shoreline; at Munising, one has easy access to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Tahquamenon State Park, containing Tahquamenon Falls, is a short drive on Michigan State Highway 123 from M-28.
All of M-28 is surface road, undivided except for segments coinciding with US-41 near Marquette. Much of M-28 is part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour.
Historical notes: From 1952 to 1962, M-28 crossed US-2 at Wakefield going south and stopped at the Wisconsin line, connecting with a county road; in Chippewa County, M-28 originally turned north to Brimley, then east onto 6 mile Road to stop at US-2 (Mackinaw Trail).