Michigan's First Tri-level Intersection

Michigan's First Tri-level Intersection (HMLBH)

Location: Ferndale, MI 48220 Oakland County
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Country: United States of America
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N 42° 26.822', W 83° 7.409'

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During the 1950s, as Oakland County's population soared, the corner of Eight Mile Road and Woodward Avenue became the most congested crossroad in Michigan. The solution, envisioned in a plan created by Detroit and its surrounding counties in the 1920s, was the Eight Mile-Woodward tri-level intersection. Built in 1956-57, it used two levels for the Woodward Avenue and Eight Mile "superhighways" and one for the local access intersection. Woodward Avenue originated in Augustus B. Woodward's 1805 plan, which had major arteries radiating from Detroit's core. Running north to Pontiac, Woodward separates the east and west sides of Detroit. Eight Mile became the symbolic line separating the city and the suburbs.
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HM NumberHMLBH
Series This marker is part of the Michigan: Michigan Historical Commission series
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Marker Number705
Year Placed2007
Placed ByMichigan Historical Commission - Michigan Historical Center
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 at 9:31am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 325370 N 4701596
Decimal Degrees42.44703333, -83.12348333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 26.822', W 83° 7.409'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 26' 49.32" N, 83° 7' 24.54" W
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Area Code(s)248, 313, 586, 810, 734
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 141-199 Lindsay Ln, Ferndale MI 48220, US
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