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U.S. Route 24 in Michigan
In the U.S. state of Michigan, U.S. Route 24, also known as Telegraph Road, is a major north-south state trunkline highway; it is mostly divided highway. The total length is approximately and is signed as US 24 in its entirety (except for a brief portion between Dixie Highway [US24 splitoff] and Walton Avenue). Telegraph is actually named as such for a couple of miles in Toledo, merging into Detroit Avenue at Laskey Road.
HistoryPrior to improvements beginning in the 1930s, US 24 in Michigan was largely a two-lane highway. As traffic volumes grew during the twentieth century, much of the route was improved to divided highway standards. As with many other Detroit-area highways, US 24 received many early highway safety improvements during the 1950s and 60s, most notably the Michigan left. In the early days of the telegraph, the main telegraph lines ran along this road, hence the name. In 1970, US 10 ran concurrently with US 24 from the terminus of the Lodge Freeway in Southfield to Telegraph's northern terminus with Dixie Highway in Pontiac. In 1986, Telegraph Road lost its US 10 co-designation when US 10 was truncated at Bay City. In 2008, a stretch of US 24 from its northern end at I-75 to I-96 was named the Max M. Fisher Memorial Highway.[1] Junction types
Temple Beth El at U.S. 24 and 14 Mile Road.
(end of Telegraph Road) Popular culture
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