 The Michigan State Highway Department ( MSHD ) designated M @-@ 149 along a gravel road in late 1930 ; the highway provided access from US 2 northerly to Palms Book State Park . A second highway , the first creation of M @-@ 125 , was formed later in 1931 along another gravel road to connect US 2 southerly with the Thompson State Fish Hatchery . When US 2 was rerouted in the Manistique area in 1936 , that highway was moved further south closer to Lake Michigan ; M @-@ 149 was extended eastward along a section of the paved highway formerly a part of US 2 to connect with M @-@ 125 at the Indian Lake State Park . From that point south , M @-@ 149 replaced M @-@ 125 to Thompson . The former routing of US 2 became CR 442 except for the section used to extend M @-@ 149 . In the latter half of 1960 or the beginning of 1961 , the MSHD paved the sections of M @-@ 149 north and south of the former US 2 segment , completely hard @-@ surfacing the roadway for the first time . 
