Editing Wayne County, Michigan (section)

===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.