Davison Freeway from M-10 to Oakland Avenue, Davison Freeway, M-10 to Highland Park, Highland Park, Wayne County, MI

Significance: The Davison Freeway was the first below-grade limited access highway built in Michigan and the first built in a Michigan city. It was one of the first depressed urban freeways in the United States. It relieved crosstown traffic congestion in Highland Park and Detroit, and served as a model for later Detroit freeways.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1566

Survey number: HAER MI-103-A

Building/structure dates: 1941-1942 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1968 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1952 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1974 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: after. 1975- before. 1985 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1996 Subsequent Work

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