Talk:M-5 (Michigan highway)

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[edit] Does M-5 reach downtown Detroit?

Yes
No
  • [2] (2002) refers to "Old Highway M-5" along Grand River Avenue from exit 185 to Washington Boulevard and the westbound route on Clifford Street and Middle Street
  • [3] refers to a short piece of "Old M-5" being turned back in 1992
  • [4] (GIS data) calls the part downtown "Old I-96 BS"
  • PR Finder shows the end at exit 185; I'm not sure if it has data for the rest of the Grand River Avenue trunkline
Unclear
  • MDOT map: shows it red all the way to downtown, but doesn't label it

--NE2 13:22, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Another no vote is that it is unsigned as M-5 in that stretch. -- KelleyCook 16:47, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
Actually, the definitive answer is no. A quick perusal of the GIS MGFv7b (2007-06-01) for Wayne County lists 11.372 km of Grand River as Unsigned Trunkline (which happens to the distance from I-96 to Cass Road) and 18.801 as signed as M-5. Note that the signed portion should be only 13.6 km according to Google Maps, but the MGF data includes (~6 km) of divided highway as well as the various Michigan Lefts which tend to double the mileage in that section. http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/framework/Wayne_frwk.zip -- KelleyCook 19:23, 8 October 2007 (UTC)