Schoenherr Road

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Schoenherr Road (pronounced shay-ner) is a major thoroughfare on the east side of the Metro Detroit Area. Its southern terminus is at McNichols street (near M-3) in the city of Detroit, Michigan, USA. It's a paved road until 26 Mile Road. It is a dirt road north of 26 Mile and terminates north at 29 Mile Road.

Schoenherr Road is a divided highway between Metro Parkway to north of Hall Road.

[edit] Name

Schoenherr was named after German farming family who owned a large amount of farmland which was bought up for the road's construction. The last pieces of this land were purchased to build the present day Sterling Heights High School.

It is of note that Detroiters incorrectly pronounce Schoenherr like SHAY-NER, as it should be pronounced more like SHONE-HAIR. It is named after a German farmer, who arrived in South Eastern Michigan in 1840. During immigration the name was Anglicized to the present spelling and pronunciation. The Family has since adopted the pronunciation.

[edit] History

Until the late 1980's, Schoenherr did not exist between Utica Road and Clinton River Road, about a quarter mile span. That changed shortly before the closing of Kleino Bridge which was about an eighth of a mile west of Schoenherr.