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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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.

Survey number: HAER MI-103

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express highways highland park davison freeway davison freeway oakland oakland avenue highland wayne county michigan historic american engineering record photo m 10 ultra high resolution high resolution infrastructure highway detroit publishing company photograph collection library of congress
date_range

Date

1969 - 1980
person

Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
place

Location

Highland Park ,  42.40559, -83.09687
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Source

Library of Congress
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Link

http://www.loc.gov/
copyright

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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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