There’s a roadway that few Michiganders know about that sounds like it should be a major thoroughfare across the nation. However it exists for just a few miles north of Monroe.
The road is U.S. Turnpike – this is its story.
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U.S. Turnpike exists as a branch off of Dixie Highway, a remnant of a once expansive highway that ran the length of the country from Sault Ste Marie to Miami.
U.S. Turnpike begins at the Huron River which is the Monroe/Wayne County line. It runs just 3.9 miles outside of South Rockwood before ending at Dixie Highway.
Likely the biggest clue to the route’s history is what is becomes when it crosses north into Wayne County: Jefferson Ave. Jefferson is an incredibly significant road through Metro Detroit being one of the ‘spur’ routes that radiated from downtown with Jefferson running southwest towards Toledo…