Drive Down Memory Lane: The Named State And Federal Highways Of Michigan

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Between 1905 and 1930, Michigan built a network of highways on what were once Native American paths and military, wagon, plank, and farm-to-market roads. The age of mud was once over; the age of concrete and asphalt was once beginning. In Michigan, we now have a long-standing tradition of naming our highways. From the earliest days, so much of our early roads shared a name with a prominent person, or a meaningful geographical feature. Giving names to our highways is some way of connecting people with the land. By the 1920s, the state and federal governments had developed a national numbering standard to exchange the average practice of naming highways. But naming highways is a well-liked tradition that continues to this present day. The state Legislature has named sections of the interstates for all kinds of individuals and organizations prominent in Michigan history. They vary from former President Gerald Ford to auto pioneers Walter Chrysler, Edsel Ford, David Buick, and Louis Chevrolet and labor leader Walter P. Reuther

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