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The roads in the Detroit-area system are laid out in a grid and named with reference to a zero-mile "point of ... 9 Mile—Nine Mile Road; ... 0 Mile—Michigan Street;
7 Mile Road—runs from Kelly Road in eastern Detroit to Whitmore Lake, with brief interruption in Northville. 8 Mile Road— M-102 (8 Mile Road/Base Line Road)—northern border of Detroit and Wayne County; widely considered the socioeconomic dividing line between the city and its northern suburbs. Divided highway, designated M-102 from ...
Between 7 and 8 Mile roads, Livernois is called the "Avenue of Fashion". [3] This section of Livernois was a major retail destination in Detroit up till the 1950s when new suburban malls pulled away shoppers. [3] [4] In 1970, the road was reconstructed to serve the service roads of intersate 75.
The road then crosses the border between Wayne and Oakland counties to enter Southfield at the interchange with M-102 (8 Mile Road). The Southfield Freeway, and M-39, terminates at an interchange with M-10 (John C. Lodge Freeway) near 9 Mile Road. Southfield Road continues northward from the end of the freeway under local maintenance. [4] [5]
M-102 (8 Mile Road) / Greenfield Avenue: 8 Mile Road is the city and county line: Oakland: Southfield: 13.817: 22.236: 14: 9 Mile Road, Northland Center: Signed as exits 14A (Northland) and 14B (9 Mile Road); complete access to Northland Center, no entrances from 9 Mile Road; 14B exit is north of 14C southbound; 14A and 14B ramps are combined ...
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.
MDOT is the agency responsible for the day-to-day maintenance and operations of the State Trunkline Highway System, which includes the U.S. Highways in Michigan.The numbering for these highways is coordinated through AASHTO, [6] an organization composed of the various state departments of transportation in the United States. [7]
M-36 ends as 9 Mile Road at exit 54 on US 23 in Whitmore Lake. [4] [5] M-36 is maintained by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) like other state highways in Michigan. As a part of these maintenance responsibilities, the department tracks the volume of traffic that uses the roadways under its jurisdiction.