text: m - 113 ( michigan highway ) m - 113 is a state trunkline highway in the us state of michigan that runs in grand traverse county from m - 37 near hannah to us highway 131 ( us 131 ) in walton junction . the trunkline runs through farm fields and woodlands in a rural area of the county . it connects the highways at its termini with the village of kingsley . first designated in november 1927 , the highway was extended in 1940 by adding the southernmost section near walton junction which was originally part of us 131 . route description m - 113 starts west of hannah at an intersection with m - 37 south of traverse city . the highway runs eastward through farm fields . in the community of hannah , the highway passes the church and the cemetery before exiting . on the other side of the town , m - 113 continues through more fields to kingsley . the trunkline follows main street through the business district in the village . on the east side of town , m - 113 runs through fields mixed with scattered groves of trees . the landscape transitions over to woodland just before a 90 - degree turn south near fife lake . about one mile ( 1 . 6 km ) south of the turn , m - 113 intersects m - 186 at the latter 's western terminus . m - 113 continues due south past camp pugsley correctional facility and turns southeasterly . the highway crosses a line of the great lakes central railroad , and then it terminates at us 131 north of the manistee river and the grand traverse – wexford county line . m - 113 is maintained by the michigan department of transportation ( mdot ) like other state highways in michigan . as a part of these maintenance responsibilities , the department tracks the volume of traffic that uses the roadways under its jurisdiction . these volumes are expressed using a metric called annual average daily traffic , which is a statistical calculation of the average daily number of vehicles on a segment of roadway . mdot 's surveys in 2009 showed that the highest traffic levels along m - 113 were the 7 , 519 vehicles daily in the village of kingsley ; the lowest count was 4 , 161 vehicles per day south of the m - 186 intersection . no section of m - 113 has been listed on the national highway system , a network of roads important to the country 's economy , defense , and mobility . history m - 113 was first designated in november 1927 from m - 42 ( now m - 37 ) west of kingsley to a three - way junction with us 131 and m - 131 near fife lake ; at this time , us 131 ended west of fife lake and m - 131 continued east to fife lake and north to petoskey . m - 42 was replaced by m - 37 in 1940 , and us 131 was relocated around the same time north from walton junction along a new alignment to fife lake . from fife lake northward , us 131 replaced m - 131 . the portion of m - 131 running west of fife lake became m - 186 and the remaining piece of us 131 between m - 113 and walton junction was added to m - 113 . the routing has remained unchanged since . major intersections the entire highway is in grand traverse county .