page_title: Ironwood, Michigan
section_title: Highways
hierarchical_section_title: Ironwood, Michigan / Transportation / Highways
caption_attribution_description: The sign in w:Ironwood, Michigan. This file was uploaded with Commonist.
context_page_description: Ironwood is a city in Gogebic County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, about 18 miles south of Lake Superior. The city is on US Highway 2 across the Montreal River from Hurley, Wisconsin. It is the westernmost city in Michigan, situated on the same line of longitude as Clinton, Iowa and St. Louis, Missouri. The population was 5,387 at the 2010 census.
  While originally an iron mining town, the area is now known for its downhill skiing resorts, including Big Powderhorn, Blackjack, Indianhead, Mount Zion and Whitecap as well as its cross country skiing at the Wolverine Nordic Trail System and the ABR Nordic Center.
  The city is at the south end of Ironwood Township, but is administratively autonomous.
  Ironwood is home of the "World's Tallest Indian," a 52 ft fiberglass statue of tribal leader Hiawatha.
context_section_description: US Highway 2 (US 2) runs west to Ashland, Wisconsin and Duluth, Minnesota, and runs east to Iron Mountain.
  Business US 2 serves the city of Ironwood.
  M-28 begins in nearby Wakefield and runs east across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to Marquette near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
  US 51 ends in nearby Hurley, Wisconsin.
  Wisconsin State Highway 77 (WIS 77) starts just across the state line in Hurley and travels southwesterly.
  County Road 505 (CR 505) runs north (as Lake Road) through Ironwood Township and runs by Little Girl's Point County Park on Lake Superior and eventually meets the northern terminus of WIS 122 at the Michigan–Wisconsin border near Saxon Harbor, and runs south (as Van Buskirk Road) through Erwin Township to meet the terminus of CTH-C in Oma, WI.
  CR 200 (Old County Road) begins at the east end of the city and runs east to Bessemer.
  CR 501 (Junet Road) begins at the northwest end of the city and runs north to meet CR 204 (Airport Road)}.
caption: Entering Ironwood on Silver Street
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