Michigan State Highway 185
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Michigan State Highway 185 or M-185 is a highway in the U.S. state of Michigan that circles Mackinac Island, a popular tourist destination. An 8-mile long route, it is highly scenic due to its proximity to the beautiful Straits of Mackinac that divide the Upper Peninsula and the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
No motorized vehicles other than emergency vehicles are allowed on Mackinac Island and hence no motorized vehicles appear on M-185, which has long held the distinction as the only state highway in Michigan that has never had a motor vehicle accident. Such traffic as exists on M-185 is thus by foot, on horse or by horse-drawn vehicle, or bicycle. It also has no connection to any other Michigan state trunkline highways -- as it is on an island -- and is accessible from elsewhere only by passenger ferry.