Houghton-Hancock, MI Snow Plow Routes
An independent model built from OpenStreetMap, not Houghton-Hancock’s own plow routes.
Houghton-Hancock, MI has a road network of 1,620 edges across 3 priority tiers: 250 arterial (15%), 100 collector (6%), and 1,270 residential (78%). The network spans 229.9 km of roads requiring service. PlowPath’s CARP solver achieved a best deadhead ratio of 6.7% with a 3-truck fleet, meaning only 6.7% of total travel was wasted repositioning. 12 solver configurations have been analyzed for this city.
Planned routes against nearest-street routing
| Trucks | Nearest street | Planned | Cut |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 69 mi (112 km) | 31 mi (51 km) | 55% |
| 2 | 94 mi (151 km) | 15 mi (25 km) | 84% |
| 3 | 98 mi (158 km) | 11 mi (18 km) | 89% |
| 4 | 119 mi (192 km) | 17 mi (27 km) | 86% |
| 5 | 145 mi (233 km) | 18 mi (30 km) | 87% |
| 6 | 185 mi (297 km) | 19 mi (31 km) | 89% |
Nearest-street routing sends each truck to the closest unplowed street: a baseline, not Houghton-Hancock’s own routes.
How many roads does Houghton-Hancock, MI need to plow?
Houghton-Hancock, MI’s network has 1,620 road edges totaling 229.9 km of roads requiring service. Roads are classified into 3 priority tiers: 250 arterial (15%), 100 collector (6%), and 1,270 residential (78%).
What is the optimal plow route for Houghton-Hancock, MI?
PlowPath’s CARP solver achieved a 6.7% deadhead ratio — the lowest wasted travel across 12 configurations tested. A lower deadhead ratio means less fuel, salt, and time spent repositioning between service passes.
How many snow plows does Houghton-Hancock, MI need?
That is Houghton-Hancock, MI’s call: it depends on how soon the town wants every street clear, and on the trucks and drivers it has. This page models Houghton-Hancock, MI with fleets of 1 to 6 trucks from one depot, using an assumed truck rather than the town’s own. Adding trucks mostly shortens the shift, while total blade-up changes far less; each run gives its modelled hours. The sensitivity analysis shows how fleet size moves them.