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In 1940, at the same time all single-digit highway numbers were renumbered in the state, the M-86 designation replaced M-7. This incarnation of M-86 followed its present-day routing. Near
Nottawa, M-86 ran concurrently with the contemporary
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Coldwater. At the time of the extension, all of M-7 was a gravel road. Later that year, the original segment between Three Rivers and Colon was paved, and the state extended the hard-surface route as far as Nottawa in 1937.
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Orleans to junction with M-43, once again, causing M-86 to be supplanted and removed from the highway system.
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Natzke, Stefan; Neathery, Mike & Adderly, Kevin (June 20, 2012).
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