Image: Detroit, Michigan 1955 Yellow Book

Description: Planning map for Interstate Highways in Metro Detroit. In today's terms, they are: I-94 — Pretty much built to plan, though much was already completed by 1955 I-275 — Western city bypass was originally routed along Telegraph Road (US-24) which was 7 miles to the east of where was eventually built I-75 - Southern section into downtown is relatively close to plan, though it initially followed the railroad line closer to the river. Northern section was originally routed between today's I-75 and the Lodge to merge back into the bypass near Telegraph and Maple road. I-96 - Originally routed along Grand River Road northwest all the way until the Farmington Cutoff which was already being upgraded. Much of this plan was abandoned in the freeway revolts of the 1970s. I-696 — Originally routed along Eight Mile which was 2-3 miles south of where it was built A short never built connection east of downtown along present day Jefferson Avenue
Title: Detroit, Michigan 1955 Yellow Book
Credit: This file is a direct scan by Adam Froehlig from the following book: Bureau of Public Roads (September 1955). "Detroit and environs" (Map). General Location of National System of Interstate Highways Including All Additional Routes at Urban Areas Designated in September 1955 Scale not given. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. p. 41. OCLC 4165975. The Bureau of Public Roads (BPR) was originally a part of the United States Department of Agriculture then the United States Department of Commerce. The BPR is the predecessor agency to the Federal Highway Administration, a part of the United States Department of Transportation. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
Author: Public Roads Administration - Federal Works Agency (predecessor to the United States Department of Transportation).
Permission: This image or file is a work of a United States Department of Commerce employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.
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