M-52 is a highway that runs south out of Saginaw. In Washtenaw county it connects Stockbridge to Chelsea and Chelsea to Manchester.
Scio Church Road starts at M-52 and ends in Ann Arbor on Main Street right next to Pioneer High School.
There have been plans to straighten M-52 within Manchester.
South of Manchester, the highway is graded for an expressway that was never built.
From the north, within Chelsea:
Chelsea
- Lanewood neighborhood - Hickory, Chestnut, and Sycamore Streets.
- Veteran's Park - sometimes called "the boat park" for a distinctive play structure
- The Clock Tower on the east side
- Chelsea Milling Company on the west
- The railroad tracks
- Chelsea Depot
M-52 in downtown Chelsea. Zou Zou's Cafe, Gigi's Flowers, and Heydlauff's, with the Jiffy Mix silos in the background.- ACO Hardware
- Heydlauff's - home appliances and electronics
- Winans Jewelry
- Zou Zou's Cafe
- Common Grill
- courthouse (14a?)
- Chelsea Market
- Cleary's Pub
- Merkels - furniture and flooring
- McKune House / Chelsea District Library
- Chelsea Post Office
- Palmer Ford dealership
- Federal Screw Works - recently closed.
- Will Johnson is the entrance to the Chelsea Community Hospital
- go west to reach South Elementary School
the other end of the hospital's loop road.
a newish residential subdivision.
- go west to reach the fairgrounds
- entrance to the Pierce Lake Golf Course
- access to Chelsea Lumber Company
- access to fairgrounds
M-52 leaves Chelsea at the freeway, entering Sylvan Township.
Sources
- Wikipedia: M-52 (Michigan highway)
- M-52 at Michigan Highways
