Spur from I-75 to US 24 near Detroit

[bugo]

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=detroit&hl=en&ll=42.189928,-83.257141&spn=0.030144,0.07699&sll=35.309049,-98.716558&sspn=4.249125,9.854736&hnear=Detroit,+Wayne,+Michigan&t=h&z=14

Why was this spur built?  Was it part of a US 24 bypass?  It doesn't look like US 24 to the north of here gets much through traffic.

[NE2]

US 24 north of there is a major arterial with Michigan lefts and jughandles. This was briefly the end of the freeway: http://www.michiganhighways.org/listings/MichHwysBus2-31.html#US-24CONN-T

[Brandon]

US-24 north of there (Telegraph Road) gets a lot of traffic.  The best way from the south to places such as Dearborn, Redford, and the like is using I-75 north to US-24 at this point.  With the signal timing, it's almost as good as being on a freeway.

[thenetwork]

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=detroit&hl=en&ll=42.189928,-83.257141&spn=0.030144,0.07699&sll=35.309049,-98.716558&sspn=4.249125,9.854736&hnear=Detroit,+Wayne,+Michigan&t=h&z=14

Why was this spur built?  Was it part of a US 24 bypass?  It doesn't look like US 24 to the north of here gets much through traffic.

There is a difference of night & day between US-24/Telegraph Road north & south of the spur.  Last time I was through there, it was at least 3 lanes (divided) each way north of the spur, and 2 lanes each way (with a center left-turn lane) south of the spur.

As was already mentioned, I-75 used to end here northbound.  Motorists heading to downtown Detroit would take US-24 north to I-94 East, while through traffic to I-75 north of town would follow US-24 all the way to Pontiac. 

Before I-275 & I-96 were completed in the late 70's & early 80s respectively, Telegraph Road functioned as the "western bypass" of Detroit, and despite all of the commercial businesses along US-24, it was a very smooth-moving thoroughfare.

[Stephane Dumas]

Before I-275 & I-96 were completed in the late 70's & early 80s respectively, Telegraph Road functioned as the "western bypass" of Detroit, and despite all of the commercial businesses along US-24, it was a very smooth-moving thoroughfare.

I'm intrigued a bit if MIDOT had once studied the possibility to upgrade Telegraph Road as "Telegraph Freeway"?

[Brandon]

Before I-275 & I-96 were completed in the late 70's & early 80s respectively, Telegraph Road functioned as the "western bypass" of Detroit, and despite all of the commercial businesses along US-24, it was a very smooth-moving thoroughfare.

I'm intrigued a bit if MIDOT had once studied the possibility to upgrade Telegraph Road as "Telegraph Freeway"?

I don't think MDOT or MSHD did.  Telegraph, as far as I know, was, like Eight Mile, meant to be a boulevard-type road with a wide median.

[tvketchum]

Before I-275 & I-96 were completed in the late 70's & early 80s respectively, Telegraph Road functioned as the "western bypass" of Detroit, and despite all of the commercial businesses along US-24, it was a very smooth-moving thoroughfare.

I'm intrigued a bit if MIDOT had once studied the possibility to upgrade Telegraph Road as "Telegraph Freeway"?

I don't think MDOT or MSHD did.  Telegraph, as far as I know, was, like Eight Mile, meant to be a boulevard-type road with a wide median.

For years, Telegraph Rd was signed as US 24 and TO 75 to Eight Mile Rd (M102), then the TO 75 markers directed you east on M 102 to the I 75 interchange to continue north.

When I 75 first opened in the mid 1950s, it was signed as ALT US 24.

[Henry]

Before I-275 & I-96 were completed in the late 70's & early 80s respectively, Telegraph Road functioned as the "western bypass" of Detroit, and despite all of the commercial businesses along US-24, it was a very smooth-moving thoroughfare.

I'm intrigued a bit if MIDOT had once studied the possibility to upgrade Telegraph Road as "Telegraph Freeway"?

I don't think MDOT or MSHD did.  Telegraph, as far as I know, was, like Eight Mile, meant to be a boulevard-type road with a wide median.

For years, Telegraph Rd was signed as US 24 and TO 75 to Eight Mile Rd (M102), then the TO 75 markers directed you east on M 102 to the I 75 interchange to continue north.

When I 75 first opened in the mid 1950s, it was signed as ALT US 24.

I'm under the impression that a freeway upgrade was never needed for Telegraph Road, since I-75 was slated to go through Detroit anyway.