Imperial Highway - Other Uses

Other Uses

There are a handful of other Imperial Highways in the United States, including one in San Diego (better known as Imperial Avenue) and in the Detroit suburbs of Redford Township, Michigan and Westland, Michigan. Despite the name, Westland's version is hardly a highway and anything but imperial: it runs just two blocks, northeast from Hambleton Street, across John Hauk Road and stopping at Pardo Street. (At one time, it continued another block to Ford Road, but this portion is now taken up by a hardware store parking lot.) Why this tiny street (which has all of six houses) should have such a grand name is unknown; many residents believe it was given the moniker as a joke.