In the northern suburbs of Detroit, there is South Boulevard East, South Boulevard West, East South Boulevard and West South Boulevard.
In Detroit itself, there is Outer Drive, which rings the old city boundaries. Lots of 90 degree turns, so if you aren't careful, you can find yourself blocks off Outer Drive before you know it.
There are also the Mile and Half-mile roads - some of the Mile roads are really X Mile (such as 8 Mile, Detroit's northern boudary). Others (and I think all the Half-miles) have regular street names, but everyone refers to them by the mile designation. Then there's Little Mack and Big Mack...
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Date: 2009-04-17 01:53 (UTC)In Detroit itself, there is Outer Drive, which rings the old city boundaries. Lots of 90 degree turns, so if you aren't careful, you can find yourself blocks off Outer Drive before you know it.
There are also the Mile and Half-mile roads - some of the Mile roads are really X Mile (such as 8 Mile, Detroit's northern boudary). Others (and I think all the Half-miles) have regular street names, but everyone refers to them by the mile designation. Then there's Little Mack and Big Mack...