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Grand River Avenue: from Detroit to Lake Michigan

By Gail , Milan , Jon;Offen

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Year
2014
ISBN
9781467112123, 9781439648148, 143964814X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
120 MB (125515662 bytes)
Series
Images of America
Pages
chiefly illustrations, maps\128
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Cities and towns--Michigan Grand River Region--HisLocal -- Pictorial works;Michigan -- HistoryLocal -- Pictorial works;Roads -- Michigan -- Mich

Description

Grand River Avenue, or Michigan US-16 as it was ultimately designated, is one of Michigan's true "Blue Highways"--An original two-lane, blacktop road still serving as a direct path through roadside America. Originally a Native American trail, this ancient path has been a westbound route from the Straits of Detroit to the eastern shores of Lake Michigan for more than 1,000 years. Over time, it has served as a footpath, horse trail, wagon rut, stagecoach route, plank road, and ultimately a two-lane highway that gave some of America's earliest motorists their first taste of long-distance automobile travel.;The river, the trails, and US Highway 16 -- Wayne County -- Oakland County -- Livingston County -- Ingham County -- Clinton and Ionia counties -- Kent County -- Ottawa County -- Muskegon County -- The River Route.

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