M-97 (Michigan highway)

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Detroit
Major intersections
North end M-59 near Mount Clemens
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountiesWayne, Macomb
Highway system
← M-96→ M-98

M-97 is a

Mile Road System
. In between the termini, Groesbeck Highway runs through suburban residential and commercial areas.

Groesbeck Highway is named after

Gratiot Avenue
, which was the main route between Detroit and Mt. Clemens. It was created as a state trunkline to facilitate construction financing. The final extension was opened at a ribbon cutting ceremony in 1949. This ceremony also dedicated the entire roadway in the former governor's honor after sections were named for another politician by the state.

Route description

M-97 runs through an urbanized area in the larger

Mile Road System, M-97 turns north on Hoover Street, and follows it north past Bessy Playground at 7 Mile Road. It continues north on Hoover until it turns onto Groesbeck Highway, just one block south of M-102/8 Mile Road.[3]

Groesbeck Highway runs northeast from Hoover Street crossing out of

Lake St. Clair. The road continues north as a county road known as North Avenue.[4]

History

The Macomb County Road Commission passed Resolution 15 on October 23, 1925. This resolution authorized the construction of a new roadway 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Gratiot Avenue to relieve traffic traveling between Detroit and Mt. Clemens. The roadway was named in honor of Governor Groesbeck, a Macomb County native and former state attorney general.[2] While the county had difficulty funding the new highway, Groesbeck interceded to have it named a state-financed trunkline. The county started construction on Groesbeck Highway in 1926. The highway was incomplete when Groesbeck left office at the end of 1926, leaving the final paving undone. State Rep. Archie Reid asked the State Administrative Board on December 12, 1927 for assistance to complete the roadway. The board voted unanimously to name the highway for Reid and to proceed "at once" to conclude construction.[2]

The M-97 designation was applied to the roadway in 1929 between M-102/8 Mile Road and 14 Mile Road.[5] An extension in 1931 moved the northern terminus to US Highway 25 (US 25) in Mt. Clemens.[6] A second extension in 1932 moved the southern end into the City of Detroit at US 25/Gratiot Avenue.[7]

Named "Reid Highway" by the state and "Groesbeck Highway" by the county, M-97 was not completed until 1949. On October 29, 1949, the final section bypassing Mt. Clemens along the city's west side was opened and the entire road was dedicated to Groesbeck. The former governor was on hand for the ribbon cutting ceremony which renamed the highway north of Hoover Avenue.[2] The northern end was extended to M-59 (Hall Road).[8][9]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Gratiot Avenue
)		No left turn to northbound M-3
Detroit–Warren city line
2.9404.731 M-102 (8 Mile Road)
MacombWarren6.47110.414 I-696 (W.P. Reuther Freeway)Exit 26 on I-696
Clinton Charter Township
17.16927.631 M-59 (Hall Road)Roadway continues north as North Avenue
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

  •  
    Michigan Highways portal

References

  1. ^ a b Michigan Department of Transportation (2021). Next Generation PR Finder (Map). Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  2. ^
    ISBN 1-886167-24-9
    .
  3. ^ Google (November 14, 2008). "Overview Map of M-97" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 14, 2008.
  4. OCLC 42778335
    .
  5. OCLC 12701195, 79754957
    .
  6. OCLC 12701053
    .
  7. OCLC 12701053
    .
  8. OCLC 12701120
    .
  9. OCLC 12701120
    .

External links

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  • M-97 at Michigan Highways

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