Editing Wayne County, Michigan (section)

==Transportation==

===Wayne County Department of Public Services===
The '''Wayne County Department of Public Services''' was formed in 1906 as the '''Wayne County Road Commission'''. It was the government agency in Wayne County, Michigan responsible for building and maintaining the county's roads and highways.<ref>{{cite web |author= Staff |title= Department of Public Services |publisher= Wayne County Department of Public Services |url= http://www.co.wayne.mi.us/dps/index.htm |archive-date= September 26, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120926064139/http://www.co.wayne.mi.us/dps/index.htm |url-status= live }}</ref>

Its first commissioners were [[Edward N. Hines]], Cassius R. Benton, and automobile manufacturer [[Henry Ford]]. While the commission was authorized by an 80% positive vote of county voters in a 1906 referendum, it was controversial and there was a Michigan state supreme court case pressed which found it unconstitutional. Commissioners Benton and Ford quit, but commissioner Hines persisted and led the commission through reorganization getting around the obstacles.<ref name="mps" />{{rp|33}} Hines was a commissioner continuously from 1906 to 1938. Hines is credited with the idea of putting a painted line down a roadway's center to divide traffic, and other innovations that were later widely adopted.<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 28, 2017|title=Painting lane lines on roadways was a Michigan man's idea|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/2017/12/painted_lines_on_roadways_was.html|access-date=January 9, 2021|website=mlive|language=en}}</ref>

The commission claims credit for constructing the country's first mile of concrete-paved rural highway, a section of Woodward Avenue just outside the Detroit city limits.<ref name="mps" />

A number of the county road commissions' works are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Wayne County, Michigan|National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=mps>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=64500271}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Historic Highway Bridges of Michigan, 1875-1948 / Wayne County: An Exemplary Road Commission, 1906-1948 |first1= Charlene K. |last1= Roise |first2= Clayton B. |last2=Fraser |date=August 1998 |publisher=National Park Service}}</ref><ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a|dateform=mdy}}</ref>

The county road commission was merged into the general county government,<ref name=mps/>{{rp|42}} becoming the Roads Division of the Department of Public Services.<ref>{{cite web |author= Roads Division |url= http://www.co.wayne.mi.us/dps/dps_roads_history.htm |title= History of the Wayne County Road Commission |publisher= Wayne County Department of Public Services |access-date= October 18, 2012 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121101031522/http://www.co.wayne.mi.us/dps/dps_roads_history.htm |archive-date= November 1, 2012 }}</ref>

===Transit===
* [[File:CA-QC road sign I-310.svg|25px|alt=|link=]] [[Detroit station]] is located in the [[New Center]] neighborhood and serves the [[Amtrak]] [[Wolverine (Amtrak)|Wolverine]] intercity trains.
* [[File:Bus Sign.svg|25px|alt=|link=]] The [[Detroit Bus Station]] is located in the [[Corktown, Detroit|Corktown]] neighborhood and serves intercity buses to destinations across the Midwest.
* The [[Detroit Department of Transportation]] and [[Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation]] provide local and regional bus service.
* The [[QLine]] operates [[streetcar]] service down Woodward Avenue.

===Major highways===
* {{jct|state=MI|I|75}} through the [[Downriver]] communities, then through the southwest-side neighborhoods of [[Detroit]] and serves as the northern border of [[Downtown Detroit]] as the Fisher Freeway. It then turns away from the Fisher onto the Chrysler Freeway at a complex interchange with I-375 and an unnumbered extension which connects with M-3, then follows M-1, which is less than a mile away through the remainder of Detroit, connecting eastern Wayne County to [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]] and [[Flint, Michigan|Flint]] to the south and north respectively. It runs non-stop to the [[Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge]] to the north and to [[Florida]] to the south.
* {{jct|state=MI|I|94}} runs east–west through the central parts of Wayne County, connecting it to [[Port Huron, Michigan|Port Huron]] eastbound and [[Chicago]] westbound. To the west it provides an uninterrupted route as far as [[Montana]] and connects to the northern side of the [[Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport|Detroit Metro Airport]]. In Detroit it is known as the Edsel Ford Freeway.
* {{jct|country=USA|I|96}} has its eastern terminus in the county, in [[Detroit]]. It follows [[Grand River Avenue]] until the city's northwest side, there it turns due west to I-275, where it turns north to concurrent with I-275. West of Detroit to I-275 it is known as the Jeffries Freeway; in Detroit it is the Rosa Parks Memorial Highway, but it is sometimes still known as the Jeffries.
* {{jct|state=MI|I|275}}, most of whose mileage is in Wayne County, serves the southern side of the [[Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport|Detroit Metro Airport]].
* {{jct|state=MI|I|375}} is the nation's shortest Interstate Highway to be ''signed''. However some highways are shorter but are not signed at all. It serves as the eastern boundary of [[Downtown Detroit]] and is a southern extension of the Chrysler Freeway. There are currently plans in the works to turn I-375 into a 6-lane boulevard.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2022/03/17/interstate-375-replacement-detroit-black-bottom-paradise-valley/7073405001/|title=I-375 replacement project in Detroit moves closer to reality, gets OK from feds|website=Detroit Free Press}}</ref> Construction will start in 2025 and is expected to finish by 2028.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wxyz.com/news/detroiters-react-to-i-375-being-converted-into-a-boulevard|title=Detroiters react to I-375 being converted into a boulevard|date=September 15, 2022|website=WXYZ 7 Action News Detroit}}</ref>
* {{jct|state=MI|US|12}} has its eastern terminus in [[Downtown Detroit]] at Cass Avenue. From there it travels through the west side of [[Detroit]] and through [[Dearborn, Michigan|Dearborn]] and other points west and is a useful alternative to I-94. US 12 continues west through Michigan, passing through several US cities including Chicago and Minneapolis, eventually ending in the Pacific Northwest in Aberdeen, Washington. Locally it is known as Michigan Avenue.
* {{jct|state=MI|US|24}} traverses through [[Downriver]] and the far west sides of [[Dearborn, Michigan|Dearborn]] and [[Detroit]] and is a useful alternative to I-75. Locally it is known as Telegraph Road.
* {{jct|state=MI|US|10}} entered the county by two ways. Initially it was via Woodward Avenue but when the Lodge Freeway was completed U.S. Route 10 was relocated onto it; the Woodward route became M-1. Later the existing highway was truncated in [[Bay City, Michigan|Bay City]] and M-10 replaced it on the Lodge.
* {{jct|state=MI|US 1948|16}} entered Wayne County on [[Grand River Avenue]] and ended in [[Downtown Detroit]].
* {{jct|state=MI|US 1948|25}} was the designated name for Dix-Toledo Highway in [[Downriver]] and Fort Street and Gratiot Avenue in [[Detroit]]. The construction of I-75 resulted in the truncation of U.S. Route 25 to [[Cincinnati]].
* {{jct|state=MI|US 1948|112}} followed Michigan Avenue out of [[Downtown Detroit]] and out of Wayne County. Is now a routing of U.S. Route 12.
* {{jct|state=MI|M|1}} has its southern terminus in [[Downtown Detroit]] at Adams Street. It travels through Midtown Detroit and New Center and through [[Highland Park, Michigan|Highland Park]]. It serves as an alternative to I-75 and M-10. Locally known as Woodward Avenue. M-1 was a result of US-10 being redesignated to the Lodge Freeway.
* {{jct|state=MI|M|3}} has its southern terminus in [[Downtown Detroit]] at Randolph and [[Jefferson Avenue (Detroit)|Jefferson Avenue]]. It proceeds northeasterly through Detroit's northeast side and beyond towards [[Mount Clemens, Michigan|Mount Clemens]] and points further north. Locally known as Gratiot Avenue. M-3 was the result of the removal of US-25 from Michigan.
* {{jct|state=MI|M|5}} begins at the northern intersection with I-96 on Detroit's northwest side and follows [[Grand River Avenue]] out of the county.
* {{jct|state=MI|M|8}} runs from I-96 to Conant Street in [[Detroit]], passing through [[Highland Park, Michigan|Highland Park]]. The freeway portion is known as the Davison Freeway.
* {{jct|state=MI|M|10}} starts at the same intersection where M-3 starts in [[Downtown Detroit]] and travels further into the city on the Lodge Freeway and connects it to [[Southfield, Michigan|Southfield]].
* {{jct|state=MI|M|14}} starts at the interchange with I-96 and I-275 in [[Livonia, Michigan|Livonia]] and travels out into rural areas, serving [[Plymouth, Michigan|Plymouth]] and [[Ann Arbor, Michigan|Ann Arbor]].
* {{jct|state=MI|M|39}} starts in [[Lincoln Park, Michigan|Lincoln Park]]'s city center and runs along Southfield Road to [[Allen Park, Michigan|Allen Park]] and becomes the Southfield Freeway, traveling through the west side of [[Detroit]].
* {{jct|state=MI|M|53}} begins at M-3 in [[Detroit]], running through the city and connecting it to the Thumb area of the state. Locally known as Van Dyke Avenue.
* {{jct|state=MI|M|85}}, which is entirely in Wayne County, starts at [[Griswold Street]] in [[Downtown Detroit]] and connects the city's southwest side to [[Downriver]], ending near [[Flat Rock, Michigan|Flat Rock]] at I-75, for whom which M-85 serves as an alternative. Locally known as West Fort and South Fort, divided at the [[River Rouge (Michigan)|River Rouge]].
* {{jct|state=MI|M|97}} only runs a short distance through Detroit's northeast side, starting at M-3. In the city it follows Gunston Street and Hoover Street.
* {{jct|state=MI|M|102}} follows the county line between M-5 and I-94. Locally known as West 8 Mile and East 8 Mile, divided at John R. Street.
* {{jct|state=MI|M|153}} starts at Wyoming Street on the Detroit-Dearborn limit and continues through the western suburbs as Ford Road.
* {{jct|state=MI|M 1919|16}} became part of US&nbsp;16, which is also removed from Michigan.
* {{jct|state=MI|M 1948|17}} once followed Ecorse Road into [[Lincoln Park, Michigan|Lincoln Park]], then ran concurrently with U.S. Route 25 to [[Downtown Detroit]].
* {{jct|state=MI|M 1948|56|dab1=1919–1957}} connected US&nbsp;24 in [[Monroe, Michigan|Monroe]] to [[Flat Rock, Michigan|Flat Rock]]; it once connected to US&nbsp;112 in [[Canton, Michigan|Canton]] along Huron River Drive and Belleville Road.
* {{jct|state=MI|M 1948|112}} entered Wayne County during [[World War II]], and the years following, on an expressway, providing access to the [[Willow Run Airport]] in [[Van Buren Township, Michigan|Van Buren Township]] and turned onto present-day Interstate 94 in [[Romulus, Michigan|Romulus Township]]. In [[Taylor, Michigan|Taylor Township]] it had interchanges with both M-17 and US&nbsp;24, then ended at US&nbsp;112 in [[Dearborn, Michigan|Dearborn]].
* [[File:Dixie Highway marker.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Dixie Highway]] ran through Wayne County as early as 1915. Back then it was one of the only routes that connected the county to the [[Southern United States]]. Today there are no traces of the old highway in the county.

===Airports===
* [[File:Airport Sign.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport]] is located in the [[Downriver]] community of [[Romulus, Michigan|Romulus]]. It serves as a hub for [[Delta Air Lines]] and [[Spirit Airlines]] and is one of the two airports operated by the [[Wayne County Airport Authority]].
* [[File:Airport Sign.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Willow Run Airport]] is located in [[Van Buren Township, Michigan|Van Buren Township]] and has four runways (a fifth was recently converted into a taxiway). No scheduled flights operate out of Willow Run and is one of the two airports operated by the [[Wayne County Airport Authority]].
* [[File:Airport Sign.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Grosse Ile Municipal Airport]] is located about {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} south of [[Grosse Ile Township, Michigan|Grosse Ile Township]]'s downtown area. It has two paved runways. No scheduled flights operate out of this airport as well.
* [[File:Airport Sign.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Coleman A. Young International Airport]] is also known as the Detroit City Airport, which is not to be confused with the larger and nearby Detroit Metro Airport. It is located just a short drive from [[Downtown Detroit]] along M-3. It also has two runways and no scheduled flights, although it has been attempted in the past.