michigan highway miles state trunkline highway state michigan lying cities detroit freeway nation urban depressed freeway connector lodge interstate freeways named english immigrant area avenue originally street connecting detroit rebuilt city freeway world war roadway transferred jurisdiction michigan_department_of_transportation mdot numbered subsequent changes state rebuilt freeway extended designation connect freeway route description starts western end interchange detroit avenue continues west interchange forming service drive freeway uses short section freeway connect avenue short freeway segment runs easterly avenue trunkline transitions avenue east transition roadway turns northeasterly running residential areas detroit trunkline meets lodge freeway border detroit city surrounded detroit northeast interchange running depressed level cross streets interchanges avenue meeting eastern border freeway continues northeasterly detroit north freeway ends avenues continues street designation ends avenue continues past mound road turns east ends van street mdot traffic surveys counted average annual daily traffic aadt measure number vehicles section roadway given day year average vehicles western section avenue day eastern segment carried vehicles section freeway carried excess vehicles day traffic trucks commercial vehicles trunkline history avenue state trunkline designation area roadway named english immigrant early settlers area street parallel streets crossed city border border connected detroit streets road heavily approaching rush hour traffic survey showed traffic street crossing destination city proposal rebuild street lane limited access highway approved march council appropriated equivalent million construction remaining equivalent million paid state federal government freeway construction required half block right way south avenue demolition homes accommodate feet excavation mile project homes moved outbreak world war accelerated construction schedule project given priority defense plants near roadway freeway opened traffic dedication ceremony november travel times dropped minutes minutes freeway opened roadway urban depressed freeway united_states concrete road bed cured underwater flooding creating extremely hard surface lasted years requiring dynamite eventual removal freeway extended eastward blocks junction newly opened freeway present day eastern terminus near street state requested additional interstate highway system mileage year proposals submitted request extend plans transfer freeway state control extend dropped 1970s opposition freeway detroit plans extended west east extended transfer state control previously county maintained freeway designated years later closed year half reconstruct interstate highway standards additional travel lane wider left shoulder improved safety traffic handling new interchange avenue reconstructed freeway reopened october governor extended include mile segment avenue freeway western terminus junction freeway shield lodge freeway avenue exit signs non freeway portion remains unsigned including avenue exit new signs erected large reconstruction project exit list entire highway exits
M-8 (Michigan highway)