 The section of US 41 between Menominee and Escanaba illustrates an anomaly in the highway routing : between these two cities M @-@ 35 is the shortest state trunkline highway . Under American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials guidelines , US Highways are to follow the most direct path between two locations , but US 41 runs inland and M @-@ 35 goes more directly up the Lake Michigan shoreline . According to the 2007 MDOT state highway map , the US 41 routing runs for 65 miles ( 105 km ) versus 55 miles ( 89 km ) for M @-@ 35 . The original map for the US Highway System shows US 41 continuing north from Powers on a direct line to Marquette . This routing would be more direct than the current US 41 routing via Escanaba and Rapid River , but has not been built . 
