M-39 (Michigan highway)
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| M-39 |
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| Length: | 16.72 mi[1] (26.91 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1959 | ||||||||
| South end: | Lafayette Blvd. in Lincoln Park | ||||||||
| Major junctions: |
 I-75 in Lincoln Park I-94 in Allen Park US-12 in Dearborn I-96 in Detroit M-102 on the Detroit/Southfield border |
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| North end: |  M-10 in Southfield |
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| Counties: | Wayne, Oakland | ||||||||
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M-39 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Michigan that runs from Lincoln Park to Southfield.
Previously assigned to Schaefer Highway from the intersection of Dix Highway (former US 25) in Melvindale to the intersection of Grand River Avenue (former US 16) in Detroit, M-39 was reassigned to Southfield Road, connecting Fort Street with Northwestern Highway in 1959.
In the 1960s, the length of Southfield Road from I-94 to Northwestern was rebuilt as the Southfield Freeway, with the service drive retaining the Southfield Road name. The southern portion of M-39 was improved as Southfield Highway. From 1966 to 1969, while I-75 (Chrysler and Fisher Freeways) was still being constructed through Detroit, M-39 also bore a "TO I-75" designation from its junction with I-75 in Lincoln Park to M-102/8 Mile Road.
Recently, the M-39 designation was truncated slightly, as Lincoln Park officials sought to make modifications along Southfield Highway that were not up to MDOT's standards. As a result, M-39 no longer officially connects to M-85. Southfield Road continues southeasterly, ending at West Jefferson Avenue along the Detroit River.
Beyond M-39's northern terminus, just north of 9 Mile Road in Southfield, Southfield Road continues northward as a local road, ending at Maple Road in Birmingham.
The freeway portion is virtually always referred to as the Southfield Freeway, or "the Southfield," rather than by route number. Until the Michigan Department of Transportation's deemphasization of the use of proper names for Detroit's Interstates, locals referred to most Metro Detroit freeways by name rather than by number.
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[edit] Termini
[edit] Southern terminus
The southern terminus of M-39 is at the corner of Southfield Rd & Lafayette Blvd in Lincoln Park, one block southeast of the junction of I-75/Fisher Frwy and two blocks northwest of M-85/Fort St.
[edit] Northern terminus
The northern terminus of M-39 is at M-10/Lodge Freeway in Southfield.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
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