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Since it follows the curving path of the Chicago River, Lower Wacker Drive is the only street in the city that adopts both North–South and East–West designations. [a] In certain areas, there is a third level of Wacker Drive, often known as Lower Lower Wacker Drive or Sub-Lower Wacker Drive. This additional layer is primarily used for towing ...
M-102 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs along the northern boundary of Detroit following 8 Mile Road.The highway follows the Michigan Baseline, a part of the land survey of the state, and the roadway is also called Base Line Road in places.
For instance, while driving southbound on Lower Wacker, one can exit to a ramp that takes you to the intersection of Washington [Randolph] and Upper Wacker, and can turn on either road—so in a sense, it is an intersection with Lower Wacker as well. Perhaps we should split the intersections into Upper and Lower Wacker lists?
Exit 10 on I-696; southbound left exit and northbound entrance: 18.194: 29.280: 18: US 24 (Telegraph Road) – Dearborn, Pontiac: Signed as exits 18A (north) and 18B (south); I-696 is located in the median of M-10: 18.562: 29.873: 18C: I-696 west (Reuther Freeway) – Lansing: Exit 8 on I-696; northbound left exit and southbound entrance; north ...
M-53 runs about one mile (1.6 km) to the east of Van Dyke Avenue through the area, and north of the 23 Mile Road interchange, it curves northwesterly to draw closer to Van Dyke. The landscape is mostly residential subdivisions with parks and golf courses as the freeway exits Metro Detroit proper.
M-85's new direction keeps it parallel to the Detroit River about one mile (1.6 km) away. When the trunkline crosses the North Branch of the Ecorse River, M-85 enters the city of Detroit near Outer Drive. Fort Street runs parallel to I-75 through the Boynton–Oakwood Heights neighborhoods of the city. North of the intersection with Schaefer ...
Augustus Woodward's plan following the 1805 fire for Detroit's baroque styled radial avenues and Grand Circus Park.. Following a historic fire in 1805, Judge Augustus B. Woodward devised a plan similar to Pierre Charles L'Enfant's design for Washington, D.C. Detroit's monumental avenues and traffic circles fan out in a baroque-styled radial fashion from Grand Circus Park in the heart of the ...
Ford Road serves as the zero-mile line for the Detroit area's Mile Road System, [5] though it is rarely referred to as such, nor is any other road south of 5 Mile on the grid. From the Canton Center Road intersection eastward, all of M-153 is a part of the National Highway System , [ 6 ] a network of roads important to the country's economy ...