M-32 starts an intersection with
M-66 at the corner of Lake and Water streets in
East Jordan. From there it follows Water, Bridge, Mill and State streets through town. It finally turns south on Maple Street leaving town. The trunkline turns east on Rogers Road south of Patricia Lake and then runs southeast into
Antrim County. There it joins
US 131 along a
concurrency before turning east through
Elmira and running east toward Gaylord. North of the Alba Road intersection, M-32 passes a cluster of lakes that includes Lake 27. Continuing east, M-32 crosses through a retail corridor before it passes under
Interstate 75 (I-75) and runs into downtown Gaylord with
Business Loop I-75 (BL I-75). Passing out of Gaylord, the highway runs southeasterly toward
Johannesburg. The road passes Big Lake and turns south on Turtle Lake Road at the intersection with Beckett Road. The highway resumes its eastward path on McCoy Road into Johannesburg. It passes through the community and meets the county line in
Vienna. There M-32 turns northwesterly to Atlanta. In town, M-32 meets and joins
M-33. The two highways cross the
Thunder Bay River before parting ways east of Atlanta in
Avery Township. M-32 turns north by Fletcher Pond, which straddles the
Montmorency–
Alpena county line. Outside of the village of
Hillman, M-32 passes
Business M-32 (Bus. M-32). In western Alpena County, the trunkline runs to the north of Manning Hill and passes the south end of the
Alpena County Regional Airport outside Alpena. In the city, M-32 follows Washington Avenue, then briefly turns onto a one-way pair with eastbound along Second Avenue and westbound along Third Avenue. The end of the highway is at US 23, blocks from the
Thunder Bay of
Lake Huron. All of M-32 consists of rural two-lane highway outside of the city of Gaylord. The highway passes through forest lands outside of the communities along the highway. The exception is a portion in eastern
Otsego and western
Montmorency counties, between the corner of Beckett & Turtle Lake Roads, six miles (10 km) east of Gaylord to the crossroads known as Big Rock, five miles (8 km) west of Atlanta. == History ==