text: c - 66 ( michigan county highway ) c - 66 is a county - designated highway in the us state of michigan running about 28 miles ( 45 km ) across the northern tip of the lower peninsula . the roadway starts in the unincorporated community of cross village in emmet county at an intersection with m - 119 and c - 77 . it follows levering road through rural areas to an interchange with interstate 75 ( i - 75 ) west of cheboygan . the eastern terminus is at an intersection with us highway 23 ( us 23 ) and m - 27 in downtown cheboygan . the first roadways along what is now c - 66 were in place by the early 20th century . segments were paved by 1936 , although some reverted to a gravel surface during world war ii . the full roadway was paved by the mid - 1950s , and the c - 66 moniker was designated on the roadway in the early 1970s . route description the roadway starts at a junction with m - 119 ( lake shore drive ) and c - 77 ( state road ) in the community of cross village near lake michigan in emmet county . c - 66 travels southward for about 300 feet ( 91 m ) concurrently along c - 77 to the intersection with levering road . from there , c - 66 turns eastward on levering road , leaving town . the landscape outside of town is mostly woodland with scattered fields . except for a jog near hill road in bliss township , levering road is a straight road running due east . c - 66 intersects c - 81 ( pleasantview road ) in a clearing before entering the community of levering . the county road passes through some residential areas and by a baseball field before meeting us 31 . c - 66 turns south to run concurrently along us 31 for about a quarter mile ( 0 . 4 km ) before turning eastward again . levering road continues easterly leaving town south of lake . east of the intersection with ingleside road , c - 66 crosses into cheboygan county . the roadway curves to the northeast before returning to a due eastward course north of munro lake along the hebron – munro township line .. the landscape changes to include more farm fields once road passes the lake . c - 66 intersects i - 75 at exit 326 along the latter . on the east side of the interchange , levering road passes sea shell city , a tourist trap , and turns northeastward into hebron township . c - 66 then turns easterly again before it crosses into beaugrand township , taking the additional name cheboygan road . the roadway crosses branches of the little black river and passes to the south of the cheboygan county airport . east of the airport , c - 66 enters the city of cheboygan and follows state street into town ; this area is residential in nature . state street crosses the north central state trail , a rail trail , before turning to the southeast . the roadway passes into the northern end of downtown near several smaller businesses .. c - 66 terminates at a four - way intersection with main street one block west of the cheboygan river ; this intersection also marks the northern terminus of m - 27 . as a county - designated highway , c - 66 is maintained by the emmet and cheboygan county road commissions ( ecrc , ccrc ) in their respective counties . history roadways along the route of levering road in cheboygan county existed as far back as 1902 in hebron and munro townships ; the section south of the township line was not yet built at the time . by 1927 , levering road extended across the tip of the lower peninsula ; near the hebron – beaugrand township line in cheboygan county , the county road made a jog to follow what is now and hill roads . in 1930 , the ecrc paved levering road between us 31 and the county line and the ccrc paved the roadway in beaugrand township . by mid 1936 , it was paved from a point between cross village and the pleasantview road intersection to the county line in emmet county as well as the beaugrand township section in cheboygan county . during world war ii , the counties reverted most of levering road to a gravel surface ; pavement in emmet county started east of pleasantview road instead of west , and cheboygan county had no sections paved . at the same time , the new roadway was opened to bypass and hill roads . in late 1949 or early 1950 , the ecrc repaved levering road westward back to the point between cross village and pleasantview road that had been paved before the war . in late 1951 or early 1952 , the ccrc paved its section of levering road . in late 1954 or early 1955 , the ecrc completed paving all of levering road in its jurisdiction . the county - designated highway system was created around after october 5 , 1970 . the c - 66 designation was first shown on the 1971 state map following the routing used today . major intersections