Marquette, MI Snow Plow Routes
An independent model built from OpenStreetMap, not Marquette’s own plow routes.
Marquette, MI has a road network of 2,037 edges across 3 priority tiers: 302 arterial (15%), 503 collector (25%), and 1,210 residential (59%). The network spans 315.6 km of roads requiring service. PlowPath’s CARP solver achieved a best deadhead ratio of 7.3% with a 3-truck fleet, meaning only 7.3% 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 | 124 mi (200 km) | 49 mi (78 km) | 61% |
| 2 | 143 mi (230 km) | 27 mi (43 km) | 81% |
| 3 | 139 mi (223 km) | 17 mi (27 km) | 88% |
| 4 | 171 mi (275 km) | 24 mi (38 km) | 86% |
| 5 | 207 mi (332 km) | 30 mi (48 km) | 85% |
| 6 | 238 mi (382 km) | 25 mi (40 km) | 90% |
Nearest-street routing sends each truck to the closest unplowed street: a baseline, not Marquette’s own routes.
How many roads does Marquette, MI need to plow?
Marquette, MI’s network has 2,037 road edges totaling 315.6 km of roads requiring service. Roads are classified into 3 priority tiers: 302 arterial (15%), 503 collector (25%), and 1,210 residential (59%).
What is the optimal plow route for Marquette, MI?
PlowPath’s CARP solver achieved a 7.3% 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 Marquette, MI need?
That is Marquette, 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 Marquette, 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.