 M @-@ 149 is a 10 @.@ 605 @-@ mile ( 17 @.@ 07 km ) north – south state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan . It connects US Highway 2 ( US 2 ) in Thompson with the Palms Book and Indian Lake state parks . The highway was originally designed in the 1930s and extended a few years later . The last major changes to the highway were made in the 1960s when it was completely paved for the first time . 
