Telegraph Road (Michigan)
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- This article covers the portion of U.S. Route 24 in Michigan. For the main article on U.S. 24, see U.S. Route 24.
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| U.S. Route 24 |
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| Telegraph Road | |||||||||
| Length: | 78.58 mi[1] (126 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1926 | ||||||||
| South end: | Ohio State Line south of Erie | ||||||||
| North end: |  I-75 near Clarkston |
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In Michigan, Telegraph Rd. is a major north-south thoroughfare; it is mostly divided. The total length is approximately 70 miles and is signed as US-24 in its entirety (except for a brief portion between Dixie Highway [US24 splitoff] and Walton Ave.)
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[edit] History
Prior to improvements beginning in the 1930s, US-24 in Michigan was largely a two-lane highway. As traffic volumes grew during the twentieth century, much of the route was improved to divided highway standards. As with many other Detroit-area highways, US-24 received many early highway safety improvements during the 1950s and 60s, most notably the Michigan left.
In the early days of the telegraph, the main telegraph lines ran along this road, hence the name.
In 1970, US-10 ran concurrently with US-24 from the terminus of the Lodge Freeway in Southfield to Telegraph's northern terminus with Dixie Highway in Pontiac. In 1986, Telegraph Road lost its US-10 co-designation when US-10 was truncated at Bay City.
[edit] Junction types
- from state border to Taylor, MI (all at-grade excluding I-275 and North Custer Road in Monroe)
- Eureka Rd. (at-grade)
- Northline Rd. (at-grade)
- Goddard Rd. (at-grade)
- Wick Rd. (at-grade)
- Ecorse Rd. (folded diamond)
- I-94 (SPUI)
- Annapolis Rd. (at-grade)
- Michigan Avenue (U.S. Highway 12) (grade separated with 2 connecting roads)
- Cherry Hill Road (at-grade)
- Wilson Avenue (at-grade)
- Ford Rd. (M-153) (at-grade with jughandle)
- Warren Avenue (at-grade)
- Hines Dr. (grade-separated)
- Ann Arbor Trail (at-grade)
- Joy Rd. (at-grade)
- Plymouth Rd. (at-grade with jughandle)
- I-96 (volleyball)
- 5 Mile (at-grade)
- 6 Mile (at-grade)
- Grand River Avenue (M-5) (at-grade with jughandle)
- 7 Mile (at-grade)
- 8 Mile Road (cloverleaf)
- 9 Mile (at-grade)
- 10 Mile (at-grade)
- Swanson st. (signed as 11 Mile) (at-grade)
- I-696 and M-10 (unnamed type, but referred by the locals as the Mixing Bowl)
- 12 Mile (at-grade)
- 13 Mile (at-grade)
- 14 Mile (at-grade)
- Maple Rd. (15 Mile) (at-grade with L-junction)
- Square Lake (at-grade)
- Orchard Lake Rd. (diamond)
- Huron St. (M-59) (at-grade)
- Elizabeth Lake Rd. (at-grade with jughandle)
- Pontiac Lake Rd. (at-grade with jughandle)
- Dixie Highway (at-grade)
- Walton Blvd. (at-grade)
(end of road)
[edit] Trivia
- "Telegraph Road", a song by Mark Knopfler of the band Dire Straits (appearing on the album Love over Gold) was inspired by a bus trip down Telegraph Road.
[edit] See also
- Dixie Highway
- Southfield Freeway (M-39) - a parallel alternative to this highway.
- Michigan Left
- Jughandle
[edit] External links
[edit] References
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| Lists | U.S. Routes - Bannered - Divided - Replaced | ||||||||||||||||||
