M-102 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs along the northern boundary of Detroit following 8 Mile Road. The highway follows the Michigan Baseline, a part of the land survey of the state, and the roadway is also called Base Line Road in places.

Along its most impoverished sections, Eight Mile Road has, for several decades, been a destitute, dangerous strip of suffering businesses and broken windows. It’s still a main artery for commuters and area residents –around 1,700 businesses call Eight Mile home.

Several counties in the state of Michigan use a Mile Road System to name different roads and streets. The most commonly known system is that of Detroit, including 8 Mile Road, the dividing line between Detroit and its northern suburbs as well as Wayne County and Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw counties.

2023年8月10日 · Eight Mile Road runs along the Michigan Survey’s original baseline, which stretches west to Lake Michigan. But if you drive eight miles south, where do you end up? The Detroit River? Joel Stone of the Detroit Historical Society …

2024年6月26日 · 8 Mile Road is famous for its significance as a physical and psychological dividing line. It separates the predominantly African American urban core of the City of Detroit from the more white suburbs to the north.

2014年10月17日 · But Stone explains that the road also dictated way more than just mapping in Michigan – in fact, 8 Mile Road can be traced all the way across Lake Michigan to Illinois and Wisconsin, where it almost lines up with the dividing line between the two states.

2024年11月21日 · DETROIT/SOUTHFIELD, Mich. ¬ The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) project to modernize the US-24 (Telegraph Road)/M-102 (8 Mile Road) interchange to a diverging diamond interchange (DDI) is wrapping up, with the new DDI expected to be in operation sometime this weekend or early next week.

2024年11月29日 · A new $54 million diverging diamond interchange at Telegraph Road and 8 Mile Road opened this week, causing some confusion to start, but the Michigan Department of Transportation said the...

2024年3月28日 · Beginning 10 a.m. Thursday, March 28, through May 8: Westbound M-102 (8 Mile Road) will have two lanes open from Dequindre to John R. roads for improvements and resurfacing.

2024年4月8日 · The Eight Mile / Wyoming area, nestled south of Eight Mile Road and west of Livernois Avenue, is a unique neighborhood with an incredibly rich history. It is the oldest Black neighborhood in Northwest Detroit where over 1,000 African Americans purchased former farmland and built homes and community from 1900 to 1920.