Mile Road System (Michigan)

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Several counties in the state of Michigan use a Mile Road System to name different roads and streets. The most commonly known system is that of Detroit, including 8 Mile Road, the dividing line between Detroit and its northern suburbs as well as Wayne County and both Oakland and Macomb counties.

Bay County

In Bay County, roads west of the Saginaw River are numbered with the river (or, north of the river, State Street) marking the origin.

  • 0 Mile—Saginaw River
  • 1 Mile—Euclid Avenue
  • 2 Mile—Two Mile Road
  • 3 Mile—Three Mile Road
  • 4 Mile—Four Mile Road
  • 5 Mile—Mackinaw Road
  • 6 Mile—Fraser Road
  • 7 Mile—Seven Mile Road
  • 8 Mile—Eight Mile Road
  • 9 Mile—Nine Mile Road
  • 10 Mile—Garfield Road
  • 11 Mile—Eleven Mile Road
  • 12 Mile—Carter Road
  • 13 Mile—Flajole Road
  • 14 Mile—Rockwell Road (Bay–Midland county line)

Calhoun County

Going east from the county line between Calhoun and Kalamazoo counties. Many of the roads are known by both their mile names and their traditional names.

  • 0 Mile—Calhoun–Kalamazoo county line
  • 12 Mile—​12 Mile Road
  • 1 Mile—1 Mile Road, Renton Road
  • 1 ​12 Mile—1 ​12 Mile Road
  • 2 Mile—Stone Jug Road
  • 2 ​12 Mile—2 ​12 Mile Road
  • 3 Mile—Helmer Road
  • 3 ​12 Mile—3 ​12 Mile Road
  • 4 Mile—Sonoma Road
  • 4 ​12 Mile—4 ​12 Mile Road
  • 5 Mile—Capital Avenue
  • 6 Mile—Cotton Lake Road
  • 6 ​12 Mile—6 ​12 Mile Road
  • 7 Mile—7 Mile Road
  • 7 ​12 Mile—Beadle Lake Road
  • 8 Mile—Union City Road
  • 8 ​12 Mile—Woodlin Road
  • 9 Mile—9 Mile Road
  • 9 ​12 Mile—9 ​12 Mile Road, Wattles Road
  • 10 Mile—Cady Road
  • 10 ​12 Mile—Jessup Road
  • 11 Mile—Wheatfield Road
  • 11 ​12 Mile—11 ​12 Mile Road
  • 12 Mile—12 Mile Road
  • 13 Mile—13 Mile Road
  • 14 Mile—14 Mile Road
  • 15 Mile—15 Mile Road
  • 16 Mile—16 Mile Road
  • 16 ​12 Mile—16 ​12 Mile Road, Linden Street
  • 17 Mile—Kalamazoo Avenue, Old 27
  • 17 ​12 Mile—Marshall Avenue
  • 18 Mile—18 Mile Road
  • 18 ​12 Mile—18 ​12 Mile Road
  • 19 Mile—19 Mile Road
  • 20 Mile—20 Mile Road
  • 21 Mile—21 Mile Road
  • 22 Mile—22 Mile Road
  • 22 ​12 Mile—22 ​12 Mile Road
  • 23 Mile—23 Mile Road
  • 24 Mile—24 Mile Road
  • 25 Mile—25 Mile Road
  • 26 Mile—Starr Commonwealth Road
  • 27 Mile—27 Mile Road
  • 28 Mile—Duck Lake Road, Eaton Road
  • 28 ​12 Mile—Maple Street
  • 29 Mile—Clark Street
  • 29 ​12 Mile—Newburg Road
  • 30 Mile—Van Wert Road, Calhoun Road

Metropolitan Detroit

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  • Ford Road (equivalent of 0 Mile Road, western city, suburbs)
  • Warren Ave (equivalent of 1 Mile Road, western city, suburbs)
  • Joy Road (equivalent of 2 Mile Road, western city, suburbs)
  • Plymouth Road (equivalent of 3 Mile Road, western city, suburbs)
  • Schoolcraft Road (equivalent of 4 Mile Road, western city, suburbs)
  • 5 Mile Road—Fenkell Avenue (in Detroit)
  • 6 Mile Road—McNichols Avenue (in Detroit)
  • 7 Mile Road—Moross Avenue (In Grosse Pointe)
  • 8 Mile Road—Baseline Road (old name), Vernier Road (in Grosse Pointe)
  • 9 Mile Road—School Road (old name)
  • 10 Mile Road—Kern Road (old name)
  • 11 Mile Road—Townhall Road (old name)
  • 12 Mile Road—Champagne Road (old name)
  • 13 Mile Road—Chicago Road (old name) Canfield Road in Roseville, Couchez Road in St. Clair Shores (old names)
  • 14 Mile Road—Townline Road (old name)
  • 15 Mile Road—Wolf Road (old name, Macomb County), Maple Road (Oakland County)
  • 16 Mile Road—Metropolitan Parkway (Macomb County), Big Beaver Road, Quarton Road, Walnut Lake Road (Oakland County) Nunneley Road in Clinton Township (old name)
  • 17 Mile Road—Wattles Road, Lone Pine Road (Oakland County)
  • 18 Mile Road—Long Lake Road (Oakland County)
  • 19 Mile Road—Square Lake Road (Oakland County)
  • Hall Road—South Boulevard (Oakland County)
  • 21 Mile Road—Shoemaker Road (old name, Macomb County), Aurburn Road (Oakland County)
  • 22 Mile Road—Waldenburg Road (old name, Macomb County), Hamlin Road, Featherstone Road (Oakland County)
  • 23 Mile Road—Telegraph Road, Old Telegraph Road, Whiskey Road, Coldwater Road, New Baltimore Highway, Yates Road (old names, Macomb County), Avon Road (Oakland County)
  • 24 Mile Road—Cemetery Road, French Road (old names, Macomb County), Disco Road (old name, Oakland County), Parkdale Road, Walton Boulevard (Oakland County)
  • 25 Mile Road—Arnold Road, Runyon Road (old names, Macomb County), Runyon Road, Tienken Road (Oakland County)
  • 26 Mile Road—Town Line Road, Marine City Highway (old names, Macomb County), Mead Road, Dutton Road, Brown Road (Oakland County)
  • 27 Mile Road—Davis Road (old name, Macomb County), Silverbell Road (Oakland County)
  • 28 Mile Road—Gass Road (old name, Macomb County), Gunn Road, Waldon Road (Oakland County)
  • 29 Mile Road—Knight Road (old name, Macomb County), Buell Road (Oakland County)
  • 30 Mile Road—Sikes Road (old name, Macomb County), Parks Road, Stoney Creek Road, Clarkston Road (Oakland County)
  • 31 Mile Road—Hart Road (old name, Macomb County), Predmore Road (Oakland County)
  • 32 Mile Road—Division Road in Richmond; Fred Moore Highway, east of Richmond, Macomb County, Romeo Road (Oakland County)
  • 33 Mile Road—Schooley Road (old name, Macomb County), Brewer Road, Drahner Road (Oakland County)
  • 34 Mile Road—Woodbeck Road (old name, Macomb County), Mack Road, Lakeville Road (Oakland County)
  • 35 Mile Road—School Road (old name, Macomb County), Frick Road (Oakland County)
  • 36 Mile Road—Dewey Road (old name, Macomb County), Noble Road (Oakland County)
  • 37 Mile Road—315th Street (old name, Macomb County), Gerst Road, Oakwood Road (Oakland County)

Grand Traverse County mile roads

  • 1 Mile—Garfield Avenue, Garfield Road
  • 2 Mile—Town Line Road
  • 3 Mile—Three Mile Road
  • 4 Mile—Four Mile Road
  • 5 Mile—Five Mile Road
  • 6 Mile—Six Mile Road

Kent County

Fulton Street is the north–south dividing line of the city of Grand Rapids. But since Fulton Street is on a half-section line, Michigan Street is the baseline in Kent County, not Fulton Street.

  • 0 Mile—Michigan Street
  • 1 Mile—Leonard Street
  • 2 Mile—Knapp Street
  • 3–21 Mile—3–21 Mile roads
  • 22 Mile—22 Mile Road (Kent–Montcalm and Kent–Newaygo county lines)

Midland County

  • 0 Mile—Downtown Midland, marked by the line formed by Eastman Avenue and Poseyville Road—located exactly four miles west of Rockwell Road
  • 1 Mile—Patterson Road
  • 2 Mile—Vance Road
  • 3 Mile—Sandow Road
  • 4 Mile—Homer Road
  • 5 Mile—Five Mile Road
  • 6 Mile—Meridian Road
  • 7 Mile—Seven Mile Road
  • 8 Mile—Eight Mile Road
  • 9 Mile—Nine Mile Road
  • 10 Mile—Ten Mile Road
  • 11 Mile—Eleven Mile Road
  • 12 Mile—Castor Road
  • 13 Mile—Magrudder Road
  • 14 Mile—Alamando Road
  • 15 Mile—Geneva Road
  • 16 Mile—Lewis Road
  • 17 Mile—Coleman Road
  • 18 Mile—County Line Road (Midland–Isabella county line)

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