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Several counties in the state of Michigan use a Mile Road System to name different roads and streets. The most commonly known system is that of Detroit, including 8 Mile Road, the dividing line between Detroit and its northern suburbs as well as Wayne County and Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw counties.
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]
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.
Nine Mile Road can mean: Nine Mile Road (Virginia), a road in and near Richmond, Virginia; 9 Mile Road (Michigan), a road in the Mile Road System (Detroit) Nine Mile Road, a segment of U.S. Route 90 Alternate and State Road 10 near Pensacola, Florida; Nine Mile Road, a segment of Washington State Route 291 near Spokane, Washington
There are intersections for 30 and 32 Mile roads before the highway curves to the northwest and transitions back to a rural undivided, two-lane, highway near 34 Mile Road. The POW/MIA Freeway designation drops at this point, and M-53 follows Van Dyke Road north and northwesterly through rural northern Macomb County.
A mile marker along M-14 in 1922. From that year's biennial state highway commissioner's report: The diamond mile post markers are numbered consecutively from the point of origin of the trunk line to its end. The numbers are placed on the metal post directly under the diamond.
M-102 was first designated along 8 Mile Road from US 10 (Woodward Avenue, now M-1) to US 25 (Gratiot Avenue, now M-3) in late 1928 or early 1929. [2] [3] In 1939, the eastern terminus was moved as M-102 was extended along 8 Mile and Vernier Roads to end in Grosse Pointe Shores at M-29 (Jefferson Avenue).