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