U.S. Route 24 in Michigan

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Erie
Major intersections
North end I-75 near Clarkston
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountiesMonroe, Wayne, Oakland
Highway system
M-23
M-24

US Highway 24 (US 24) is a

United States Numbered Highway that runs from Minturn, Colorado, to Independence Township, Michigan. In Michigan, it is also known as Telegraph Road and runs for 79.828 miles (128.471 km) as a major north–south state trunkline highway from Bedford Township at the Ohio state line through Metro Detroit. The highway runs through three counties in southeastern Michigan, Monroe, Wayne and Oakland, as it parallels the Lake Erie shoreline and bypasses Metro Detroit on the west. Telegraph Road connects several suburbs together and passes through the western edge of Detroit before it terminates northwest of Clarkston at an interchange with Interstate 75
(I-75).

The northern part of the highway follows a section of an old Indian trail called the

connector routes
it has.

Route description

Like other state highways in Michigan, US 24 is maintained by the

average, 85,302 vehicles used the highway daily between the "Mixing Bowl" and 12 Mile Road and 6,401 vehicles did so each day in southern Monroe County, the highest and lowest counts along the highway, respectively.[3] All of US 24 north of I-275 is listed on the National Highway System,[4] a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility.[5]

Monroe County and Downriver

Intersection of US 24 and M-125 looking south

US 24 crosses the Ohio state line and follows Telegraph Road northeasterly through Monroe County. The highway runs parallel to the

Huron River and into Wayne County, entering the Downriver area.[6][7]

I-94 Gateway Bridge over US 24

Telegraph Road runs through downtown

single point urban interchange (SPUI) design.[6][8]

Western suburbs

Near the Michigan Avenue intersection in Dearborn

North of the Van Born Road intersection, Telegraph crosses into

Redford Township. There is an interchange for a boulevard section of Plymouth Road before US 24 meets I-96 (Jeffries Freeway) on a section of the border with Detroit.[6][8]

To the northeast of the I-96 interchange is the Elisa Howell Park as US 24 continues due north along a segment of the Detroit–Redford Township boundary. The trunkline crosses into Detroit completely north of Puritan Street. Telegraph passes through urban residential neighborhoods on the city's far west side flanked by various municipal parkland along the River Rouge to its immediate east. US 24 eventually intersects with M-5 (Grand River Avenue),[6][8] one of the five principal avenues of the Detroit street plan,[9] south of 7 Mile Road. When it crosses M-102 (8 Mile Road), US 24 leaves Wayne County and Detroit and enters Oakland County at the city of Southfield.[6][8]

Northern suburbs

Telegraph Road approaching the Mixing Bowl

Running through Southfield, Telegraph Road continues due north to a location between 9 and 10 Mile roads. There the highway curves to the northwest and back north to approach the "Mixing Bowl", a complex interchange near 11 Mile Road that includes connections to I-696 (Reuther Freeway) and M-10 (Lodge Freeway and Northwestern Highway). Between the Mixing Bowl and 12 Mile Road, Telegraph runs through a commercial district in Southfield, and north of 13 Mile Road, the highway forms part of the border between the villages of Franklin and Bingham Farms; this area is predominantly suburban residential subdivisions.[6][8]

At 14 Mile Road, US 24 crosses into

business loop that runs into downtown Pontiac; Telegraph Road bypasses downtown to the southwest and west. At the interchange with Orchard Lake Road on the border between Pontiac and Sylvan Lake, US 24 turns northward along Pontiac's western border as an undivided roadway. Telegraph intersects M-59 (Huron Road) on the border between Waterford Township and Pontiac.[6][8]

Temple Beth El at US 24 and 14 Mile Road

North of the Summit Place Mall, Telegraph Road ends at the intersection with Dixie Highway and the northern end of Bus. US 24 (Cesar Chavez Avenue). US 24 turns northwesterly along Dixie Highway, crossing into Waterford Township. The highway meanders again through lake country flanked by residential subdivisions of the township. South of Clarkston, US 24 intersects the southern end of M-15. US 24 bypasses the city to the west and terminates at an interchange with I-75.[6][7][8]

History

In 1701, the first transportation routes through what became the state of Michigan were the lakes, rivers and Indian trails. One of these Indian trails, the Saginaw Trail followed a path from the Detroit area north to Saginaw; this trail ran along what is now Dixie Highway from Pontiac northwards.[10]

Miami, Florida, was extended through Pontiac northward to the Straits of Mackinac.[14] The numerical highway designation was changed to US 24 when the United States Numbered Highway System was inaugurated on November 11, 1926.[2]

Highway traffic coming north from Toledo was forced to pass through Detroit to get to points north at the time. To ease the congestion downtown, a westerly bypass was constructed in the 1920s. Between Flat Rock and Dearborn, the upgraded highway was opened in 1922, with an extension to Stoney Creek the following year. The new road was built north from Michigan Avenue to Grand River Avenue in 1924. The extension to the state line was finished in 1925, and the remainder to Dixie Highway north of Pontiac was done in 1930.[11] At the time, US 24 was extended north to the corner of Telegraph and Square Lake roads, with M-58 routed along the western Pontiac bypass.[15] The highway was widened into a multi-lane highway starting in 1936.[16][17]

By 1945, a

Connector 75.[19][20] Additional segments of freeway were opened through 1958,[21] and the I-75 designation was applied to the freeway the following year,[22]
becoming the first segment of Interstate Highway so signed in Michigan.

Between 1960 and 1963, the four-lane undivided highway was turned into a seven- and eight-lane divided highway in Wayne County. At this time, the

Michigan State Highway Department, predecessor to MDOT, added median crossovers along Telegraph Road. These additions were used to eliminate left turns at intersections and shift traffic less than 350 feet (110 m) away from the intersection. The distance complicated traffic flow. Later this concept was refined and used at the intersection of 8 Mile Road and Livernois Avenue, becoming the first Michigan left intersection in the state.[23]

In 1970,

Lodge Freeway.[9] From the northern end of the Lodge to Square Lake Road near Pontiac, US 10 and US 24 were run concurrently along Telegraph Road. North of Square Lake Road, US 10 continued along Telegraph back to Dixie Highway as before.[24] In 1986, US 10 was truncated to end at Bay City instead of continuing on to Detroit. In the process, Telegraph Road lost its US 10 co-designation, US 24 was extended to its current northern terminus near Clarkston and the existing Bus. US 10 in Pontiac was redesignated to become a Bus. US 24 instead.[25][26]

The interchange with I-94 had only two bridges and left hand exits were used throughout.[27] This interchange was reconfigured in 2005 to a SPUI design that was completed in December of that year.[28] A pair of bridges called the Gateway Bridge (alternately "Gateway to Detroit"[29]) was incorporated in the new interchange.[30]

On November 30, 2005,

US Department of Transportation and other agencies. Contained in that law was a provision that named a 30-mile (48 km) stretch of US 24 from I-96 to its northern end at I-75 the "Max M. Fisher Memorial Highway" in memory of Max Fisher, a longtime Detroit-area philanthropist;[31] the highway was dedicated in May 2008.[32] In June 2012, Governor Rick Snyder signed a bill from the Michigan Legislature that designated a section of Telegraph Road in Taylor for Cpl. Matthew Edwards, a member of the Taylor Police Department who was killed in the line of duty.[33]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
MonroeBedford Township0.0000.000
US 24 west (Telegraph Road) – Toledo
Continuation into Ohio
Connector 125; former M-151
Monroe14.91624.005
M-50 west – Jackson
Eastern terminus of M-50
15.24024.526Elm AvenueGrade separation; access via Custer Drive
Frenchtown Township
19.79431.855
M-125 south (Monroe Street) – Monroe
Northern terminus of M-125
Ash Township22.671–
22.701
36.485–
36.534
I-275 – Flint, ToledoExit 2 on I-275
Connector 24
Connector 240
40.05764.465Ecorse RoadInterchange
40.688–
40.713
65.481–
65.521
Detroit
Exit 202 on I-94
Dearborn43.109–
43.126
69.377–
69.405
US 12 (Michigan Avenue)Cloverleaf interchange
Dearborn Heights45.00072.420 M-153 (Ford Road)
Detroit
Exit 179 on I-96
Detroit
51.716–
51.740
83.229–
83.267
M-5 (Grand River Avenue)
Detroit–
Southfield city line
53.002–
53.021
85.298–
85.329
M-102 (8 Mile Road)8 Mile Road forms the county and city lines; cloverleaf interchange
Detroit
Interchange is known as the "Mixing Bowl"; exits 8 and 10 on I-696; exit 18 on M-10
Bus. US 24
north (Square Lake Road)
Former northern terminus of US 24
Pontiac66.002–
66.567
106.220–
107.129
Orchard Lake RoadGrade separation; access via Old Telegraph Road northbound
67.470108.582 M-59 (West Huron Street)
Bus. US 24
south (Dixie Highway)
Former northern terminus of Telegraph Road, which has since been extended to Walton Boulevard
Independence Township77.343124.471
M-15 north (Ortonville Road)
Southern terminus of M-15
Detroit, Flint
Exit 93 on I-75; roadway continues north as Dixie Highway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Related trunklines

There is one

business loop in Pontiac,[6][7] and there used to be an alternate route signed for US 24 between the state line and the Gibraltar area.[21] This route was incorporated into I-75 in 1959.[22]

Business route

Business plate.svg

Business US Highway 24 marker

Business US Highway 24

LocationPontiac, Michigan
Length7.121 mi[1] (11.460 km)
Existed1986[34][35]–present

Business US Highway 24 (Bus. US 24) is a business loop running through downtown

Business Loop Interstate 75 (BL I-75). The two business loops merge and run concurrently northward on Woodward Avenue into Pontiac. On the southern edge of downtown, Woodward Avenue splits to form a one-way loop round the central business district. Northbound BL I-75/Bus. US 24 follows the eastern side of the loop and intersects a pair of one-way streets that carry M-59 through the city. At the northern intersection, westbound M-59 merges onto Woodward Avenue Loop. Northbound BL I-75 splits from the concurrency at the intersection with Perry Street; the southbound direction of BL I-75 merges onto the loop at this intersection. Northbound Bus. US 24 splits from the loop at Cesar Chavez Avenue. From there, the business loop continues through the northern end of Pontiac, rejoining the southbound traffic at an intersection with Oakland Avenue at the northern edge of town. Bus. US 24 follows Dixie Highway once it crosses into Waterford Township. The northern end of the business loop as an intersection with US 24 where the parent highway transitions from Telegraph Road to Dixie Highway in Waterford Township.[8][36]

In 1985, the Michigan Department of Transportation received permission from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials to truncate US 10 to Bay City,[37] and when the change was made the following year, US 24 replaced US 10 on Telegraph Road north of Square Lake Road, and Bus. US 10 through downtown was redesignated Bus. US 24.[34][35]

Major intersections
The entire highway is in Oakland County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Bloomfield Township0.0000.000 US 24 (Telegraph Road)
1.288–
1.309
2.073–
2.107

Detroit
Southern end of BL I-75 concurrency; northern terminus of M-1
Pontiac3.4595.567Southern end of one-way Woodward Avenue Loop
4.1386.659
M-59 east (Huron Street)
Eastbound direction of M-59
4.2186.788
M-59 west (University Drive)
Southern end of M-59 westbound concurrency around Woodward Avenue Loop
4.4097.096
BL I-75
north (Perry Street)
Northern end of BL I-75 northbound concurrency; eastern end of BL I-75 southbound concurrency
4.7317.614

BL I-75 south / M-59
west (Woodward Avenue Loop)
Western end of BL I-75 southbound concurrency; northern end of M-59 concurrency; Bus. US 24 exits the Woodward Avenue Loop
Waterford Township7.12111.460 US 24 (Dixie Highway, Telegraph Road)Roadway continues as US 24 on Dixie Highway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

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  4. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (April 23, 2006). National Highway System, Michigan (PDF) (Map). Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2008.
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  27. ^ American Automobile Association (October 1971). AAA Detroit Southern Suburbs (Map). Scale not given. Falls Church, VA: American Automobile Association. Telegraph Road Interchange inset.
  28. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (n.d.). "Single-Point Urban Interchange (SPUI)". Michigan Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  29. . Retrieved January 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  30. ^ Abdalla, Hiba & Benesch, Alfred (February 28, 2014). "Case Study: Designing Michigan's I-94 Gateway Arch Bridges". LUSAS Bridge. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
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  33. ^ Office of the Governor (June 29, 2012). "Snyder Signs Bills To Commit Dollars to Infrastructure" (Press release). Office of the Governor. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
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  36. ^ Google (December 29, 2015). "Overview Map of Bus. US 24 in Pontiac" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  37. ^ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (October 11, 1985). "Route Numbering Committee Agenda" (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Retrieved April 6, 2015 – via Wikimedia Commons.

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