michigan highway mile long state trunkline highway state michigan connecting cities highway spanned southern lower_peninsula michigan creation designation extended downtown detroit eastern terminus progressively scaled late 1960s current location changes highways spawned bus business loop years route description begins exit highway border west cloverleaf interchange avenue bus follows avenue east interchange street lanes wide urban area running east southeasterly residential areas near particularly south road dominated commercial development including numerous restaurants crosses city road intersection provides access north stadium home field eagles football team continuing east southeasterly avenue meets southeast corner campus avenue highway follows southern edge campus cross street highway splits follow way pairing streets continues avenue westbound traffic follows cross street eastbound traffic turns southward hamilton street blocks turning east michigan avenue meeting westbound bus highway designations merge running concurrently downtown section michigan avenue hamilton streets actually wrong way concurrency way boulevard eastbound direction westbound direction bus directions traffic highways rejoin street westbound traffic uses street north cross street westbound bus turns south street northeast street intersection michigan avenue forms extreme southern park boundary crosses road turns south residential area separating bus road turns east blocks north runs parallel freeway turns northeasterly separate expressway meets follows replacing junction marks eastern terminus west willow run airport like state highways michigan maintained michigan_department_of_transportation mdot maintenance duties department tracks traffic levels roadways metric called annual average daily traffic aadt statistical calculation average daily number vehicles segment roadway mdot surveys found highest aadt trunkline vehicles daily westernmost section near interchange lowest counts north south section road vehicles section western junctions bus listed national_highway_system network roadways important country economy defense mobility history original state trunkline dating signing system july highway started southwestern lower_peninsula ran east detroit debut replaced different highways replaced east detroit replaced designation replaced road ran concurrently detroit segment rerouted boulevard drive stadium boulevard realignment moved designation changes moved highway turn east road follow routing detroit larger change came completion rerouted west wayne county line expressway replaced road joined willow run expressway southern freeway bypass continued past end michigan avenue lane highway followed avenue rejoin original alignment west downtown redesignated bus completed freeway bypass moved designation avenue michigan avenue road removing bus process replaced designation freeway designation downtown converted bus designation including sections concurrent change ann section highway truncated end completion freeway area moved western terminus west meet new freeway current terminus eastern terminus progressively scaled starting concurrency removed terminus moved road second scaled terminus current eastern major intersections entire highway business loop bus business route designation section highway routed michigan avenues road area time commissioning moved freeway bypass downtown later decommissioned freeway bypass completed west south moved original routing downtown bus supplanted freeway
M-17 (Michigan highway)