▁Michigan ▁became ▁a ▁state , ▁the ▁first ▁land ▁transport ation ▁cor rid ors ▁were ▁the ▁Indian ▁tra ils . ▁The ▁original ▁Mack ina w ▁Tra il ▁ran ▁roughly ▁parallel ▁to ▁the ▁route ▁of ▁the ▁modern ▁US   1 3 1 ▁from ▁east ▁of ▁K alk aska ▁to ▁Pet os key . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁the ▁Michigan ▁Legisl ature ▁char tered ▁private ▁companies ▁to ▁build ▁and ▁operate ▁pl ank ▁roads ▁or ▁turn p ikes ▁in ▁the ▁state . ▁These ▁roads ▁were ▁originally ▁made ▁of ▁o ak ▁pl anks , ▁but ▁later ▁legisl ation ▁permitted ▁gra vel ▁as ▁well . ▁Two ▁thorough f ares ▁in ▁the ▁Grand ▁Rap ids ▁area , ▁Division ▁and ▁P lain field ▁a ven ues , ▁were ▁originally ▁pl ank ▁roads . ▁The ▁companies ▁were ▁fund ed ▁through ▁the ▁collection ▁of ▁to ll s . ▁The ▁infrastr ucture ▁was ▁expensive ▁to ▁maintain , ▁and ▁often ▁the ▁turn p ikes ▁fell ▁into ▁dis rep air ▁as ▁the ▁wood ▁war ped ▁and ▁ro tt ed ▁away . ▁Mark ▁Tw ain ▁once ▁commented ▁that ▁" the ▁road ▁could ▁not ▁have ▁been ▁bad ▁if ▁some ▁un con sc ion able ▁sc ound rel ▁had ▁not ▁now ▁and ▁then ▁dropped ▁a ▁pl ank ▁across ▁it ," ▁after ▁a ▁trip ▁on ▁the ▁Kal am az oo ▁and ▁Grand ▁Rap ids ▁Pl ank ▁Road . ▁By ▁the ▁first ▁de cade ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁only ▁ 2 3 ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 2   char tered ▁turn p