U.S. Route 24 in Michigan

In Michigan, Telegraph Rd. is a major north-south thoroughfare; it is mostly divided. The total length is c. 70 miles. It is signed as US-24 in it's entirety (except for a brief portion between dixie highway [US24 splitoff] and Walton Ave.) Back then, the telegraph lines ran along this highway hence the name.

History

In the early day of automobiles, this highway was c. 2-lane. As traffic on it densified, it eventually got divided. This highway has served as the testing ground for some highway specials. One of these specials were freeway-type junctions (e.g. cloverleaf, diamond) on surface street-to-surface street intersections. Another innovation for this highway was the Michigan left.

Junction types

• from state border to Taylor, MI (all at-grade excluding I-275 and North Custer Road in Monroe)
• Eureka Rd. (at-grade)
• Northline Rd. (at-grade)
• Goddard Rd. (at-grade)
• Wick Rd. (at-grade)
• Ecorse Rd. (folded diamond)
• I-94 (unnamed type)
• Annapolis Rd. (at-grade)
• Michigan Avenue (U.S. Highway 12) (grade separated with 2 connecting roads)
• Cherry Hill Road (at-grade)
• Wilson Avenue (at-grade)
• Ford Rd. (Michigan State Highway 153) (at-grade with jughandle)
• Warren Avenue (at-grade)
• Hines Dr. (grade-separated)
• Ann Arbor Trail (at-grade)
• Joy Rd. (at-grade)
• Plymouth Rd. (at-grade with jughandle)
• I-96 (volleyball)
• 5 Mile (at-grade)
• 6 Mile (at-grade)
• Grand River Avenue (M-5) (at-grade with jughandle)
• 7 Mile (at-grade)
• 8 Mile (cloverleaf)
• 9 Mile (at-grade)
• 10 Mile (at-grade)
• Swanson st. (signed as 11 Mile) (at-grade)
• I-696 and M-10 (unnamed type)
• 12 Mile (at-grade)
• 13 Mile (at-grade)
• 14 Mile (at-grade)
• Maple Rd. (15 Mile) (at-grade with L-junction)
• Square Lake (at-grade)
• Orchard Lake Rd. (diamond)
• Dixie Highway (at-grade)

(end of road)