{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-247.953","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 247.953","heading":"Heritage routes; characteristics.","body":"Sec. 3.\n\nCertain portions of the state trunkline highway system are so uniquely endowed by natural aesthetic, ecological, environmental, and cultural amenities immediately adjacent to the roadside that their use by a larger percentage of the motoring public, particularly during the recreational season, is for the experience of traveling the road rather than as a route to a destination. Because of the immediate proximity of these features, roads may possess characteristics such as the following: pavement width of 16 to 20 feet, shoulders as narrow as 2 feet with trees immediately adjacent, curves that restrict maximum legal speeds, hills, steep side slopes, and narrow rights-of-way. The improvement philosophy for these roads is to maintain the essential elements of the road and the area immediately surrounding the road that create its unique character.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 247","Act Act-69-of-1993"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-247-953","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"df9e8825a6826916ee533ddfdfe497755d0216fc2d214ec7114ba6cb6553ac55","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-247.952","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-247.954"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}