This interchange is located adjacent to the Michigan State Fairgrounds, former site of the now-defunct Michigan State Fair, and Woodlawn Cemetery. The main lanes of M-102 pass under M-1 and its ramp connections before the service drives merge back in on the other side. As the highway approaches M-1 (Woodward Avenue), there are a pair of service drives that split from the main roadway in each direction to provide access through the interchange with M-1. Ĩ Mile Road exit sign on I-75, at 7 Mile Road in DetroitĬontinuing east, M-102 intersects M-39 (Southfield Freeway) and M-10 (Lodge Freeway) south of the Southfield campus of Oakland Community College and the Northland Center Mall. Along the length of the eight-lane highway, there are large power line towers in the median. About two miles (3.2 km) east of its starting point, M-102 intersects US 24 (Telegraph Road) at a cloverleaf interchange near Frisbee-Pembroke Park and Plum Hollow Country Club. On either side of 8 Mile Road, the area is filled with residential neighborhoods of the two cities with commercial businesses immediately adjacent to the highway. East of Five Points Road, the 8 Mile follows the northern city limits of Detroit. Starting at the Inkster Road intersection, M-102 forms the boundary between Redford to the south and Southfield to the north. Motorists that want to make a left turn along 8 Mile Road have to perform a Michigan left to do so. The highway widens out into a boulevard setup with each direction divided by a central median. M-102 starts at the intersection between M-5 (Grand River Avenue) and 8 Mile Road and runs eastward along 8 Mile Road. As its name implies, 8 Mile Road runs east–west eight miles (13 km) north of the origin of the Mile Road System at Michigan and Woodward avenues. The road meets I-96/ I-275 at that freeway's exit 167 along the border between Livonia and Farmington Hills. Near the suburb of Northville, the road curves northward into Oakland County, and Base Line Road follows the county line for about one mile (1.6 km). There is a gap before 8 Mile Road resumes at Pontiac Trail along the Oakland–Washtenaw county line. Starting at an intersection with Hamburg Road along the Livingston– Washtenaw county line, 8 Mile Road runs eastward to an interchange with US 23 near Whitmore Lake. The racial patterns have changed somewhat as middle-class African Americans have also moved north of 8 Mile, but the socioeconomic divide between the city and suburbs remains. A western extension along Grand River Avenue in 1977 was reversed in 1994, and M-102 has remained the same since.Īs the long northern border of the city of Detroit, 8 Mile Road has carried major cultural significance since the mid-20th century it has served as a physical and cultural dividing line between the wealthier, predominantly white northern suburbs of Detroit and the poorer, predominantly black city. A change in the 1960s added a section of north–south roadway to the eastern end of M-102 that change was reversed within about a year. Extensions to the highway designation moved the termini in the 1930s and 1940s east to M-29 (Jefferson Avenue) and US 16 (Grand River Avenue, now M-5). The highway was first designated in the late 1920s, connecting US 10 (Woodward Avenue, now M-1) with US 25 (Gratiot Avenue, now M-3). The eastern end of 8 Mile Road is in Grosse Pointe Woods, near I-94, with a short, discontinuous segment east of Mack Avenue. The 8 Mile Road name extends west to Pontiac Trail near South Lyon with a discontinuous segment located west of US Highway 23 (US 23). The western terminus of M-102 is at the junction of 8 Mile Road and M-5 (Grand River Avenue) and the opposite end is at Vernier Road and Interstate 94 (I-94). As a county road or city street, 8 Mile Road extends both east and west of the M-102 designation, which leaves 8 Mile on the eastern end to follow Vernier Road. The highway follows the Michigan Baseline, a part of the land survey of the state, and the roadway is also called Base Line Road in places. M-102 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs along the northern boundary of Detroit following 8 Mile Road.
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