M-85 (Michigan highway)
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| Fort Street |
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| Length: | 22.15 mi[1] (35.65 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1956 | ||||||||
| North end: | Griswold Street in Detroit | ||||||||
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 I-75 Exit 43 in Detroit |
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| South end: | I-75 Exit 28 near Flat Rock and Gibraltar |
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| Counties: | Wayne | ||||||||
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M-85, also known as Fort Street or Fort Road for its entire length, is a state highway route in the U.S. state of Michigan.
M-85 was designated to service Downriver communities southwest of Detroit bordering the Detroit River as the Detroit-Toledo Expressway (originally ALT US 24, later I-75) was being completed further inland. Its southern terminus is with I-75 at the south end of Woodhaven, and its northern terminus is at Griswold Street in downtown Detroit.
M-85 was extended beyond its previous terminus at I-75/Schaefer Road to replace M-3's designation along Fort Street from Clark Street to Griswold, when a number of jurisdiction changes relating to the Campus Martius Park development resulted in downtown portions of M-3 being shifted to local control in 2001. Portions of Fort Street that had not been part of the trunkline system since US 25 was removed from Michigan were added to M-85.
From its southern terminus at I-75 Exit 28 to I-75 Exit 43 in southwest Detroit, M-85 is part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour.
Historical note: In the 1920s, M-85 ran from M-14 (now M-66) in Stanton to M-66 (now M-91) just south of Langston.
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[edit] Cities M-85 passes through
[edit] Termini
[edit] Northern terminus
M-85's northern terminus is at the corner of Fort St & Griswold St, one block west of Woodward Avenue in Downtown Detroit.
[edit] Southern terminus
M-85 has its southern terminus at I-75 near Flat Rock and Gibraltar.
