Mile Roads Traveling South
The grid continues south of Ford Road, although not numbered as part of the Mile Road System. None of these roads connect to Detroit. Further south and west, and along Downriver, the roads tend to fall off the grids more often, for several reasons, including their closeness to the state of Ohio and natural features preventing straight road building.
- Ford Road—Zero Mile Road
- Saltz Road—South 0½ Mile, Saltz Road west of I-275, Marquette Avenue/Road east of I-275 to Inkster Road, Wilson Drive east of Inkster Road.
- Cherry Hill—South 1 Mile, Dixboro to Dearborn.
- Avondale Street—South 1½ Mile, Dearborn Heights to Westland.
- Palmer Road—South 2 Mile, Canton Township to Westland-Inkster border. Vreeland Road in Washtenaw County
- Glenwood Road—South 2½ Mile (only within Wayne and Westland, Michigan)
- Geddes Road—South 3 Mile, Superior Township to Canton Township. Carlysle Road in Inkster and Dearborn.
- Annapolis Road—South 31⁄2 Mile, Wayne to Dearborn Heights (1/2 mile gap in Westland)
- Van Born Road—South 4 Mile, township border road, from Van Buren Township to Allen Park, where it ends at a trumpet interchange with M-39 and its service drives. On the north, it borders Canton, Wayne, Westland and Dearborn Heights. On the south it borders Van Buren Township, Romulus, Taylor and Allen Park. Just before Lilly Road it falls off grid due to the Norfolk Southern Railway Michigan Line, which at this point is used also by Amtrak's Wolverine service.
- Beverly Road—South 4½ Mile (only within Romulus and Taylor)
- Ecorse Road—South 5 Mile, former M-17. Once a major artery to the Willow Run Expressway. West of US-12 in Washtenaw County almost migrates a mile.
- Champaign Street/Road—South 5½ Mile, Taylor to Lincoln Park (side street for its entire length)
- Wick Road/Hartwick Highway—South 6 Mile, Romulus to Lincoln Park, divided side street in Allen Park. Ends at Vine Avenue and resumes as Hartwick Highway (despite its name is a residential street), merging with Minnie Street at Bailey Avenue and falls off grid. East of I-75 it is almost followed by the residential Progress Avenue for three blocks.
- Hildebrandt/Kinyon- South 6½ Mile—Hildebrandt Street in Romulus, starting at Middlebelt Road which runs along the boundary of the Detroit Metro Airport, ends a mile after, Kinyon Street takes over in Taylor, but is a residential street and is interrupted a couple times. Midway Avenue in Allen Park also follows it twice. It is also followed by Buckingham Avenue in Lincoln Park.
- Goddard Road—South 7 Mile, Romulus to Wyandotte, falls off grid just east of I-75 but has no exit. Moran Avenue takes over to River Drive while Goddard runs jagged to Biddle Avenue in Wyandotte.
- Brest Road—South 7½ Mile - 2nd Street in Wyandotte to Inkster Road in Taylor. Has a few interruptions. Brest Road (west of Wyandotte); Baumey Avenue (Wyandotte)
- Northline—South 8 Mile—Northline Road (west of Wyandotte); Ford Avenue (Wyandotte). Interrupted by the Metro Airport, then west of there, meanders northwest with Wabash Street taking over just west of the CSX Transportation crossing, ends at Hannan Road and become a service drive for I-94.
- Superior—South 8½ Mile—Superior Street/Boulevard (west of Wyandotte); Vinewood Avenue (Wyandotte)
- Eureka Road—South 9 Mile, forms southern boundary of Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Recently improved from I-275 to handle increased airport traffic.
- Leroy Street—South 9½ Mile—Leroy Street (west of Wyandotte); Grove Street (Wyandotte)
- Pennsylvania—South 10 Mile, township border road. Borders Wyandotte, Southgate, Taylor and Romulus on the north side and Riverview, Brownstown Township and Huron Township to the south.
- Prescott—South 10½ Mile—Prescott (Huron Township); Crawford (Brownstown Township); Longsdorf Street (Riverview). Is interrupted near its western end by the Pinnacle Race Course
- Sibley Road—South 11 Mile, Jefferson on the Riverview/Trenton limits to Huron River Drive in New Boston.
- Bredow Road/Avenue—South 11½ Mile
- King Road—South 12 Mile, Jefferson in Trenton to Vining Road in Huron Township.
- Carter Road—South 12½ Mile—Carter (west of Trenton); Harrison Avenue (Trenton)
- Huron Road / West Road—South 13 Mile—Huron (west of I-275); West (east of I-275)
- Grix Road—South 13½ Mile—Grix/Stacey/Provincal/Marian in Huron Township, Brownstown Township, Woodhaven and Trenton, respectively.
- Van Horn—South 14 Mile, Willow Metropark to Trenton.
- Vreeland—South 15 Mile, city limit road, with Woodhaven and Trenton on the north side and Flat Rock, Brownstown Township and Gibraltar on the south side. Recently extended west of Telegraph Road and at the Telegraph Road intersection mast-arm traffic lights have been installed.
- Will Carleton Road / Gibraltar Road—South 16 Mile (border of Wayne and Monroe County)
- Woodruff Road—South 17 Mile, H.R. Drive in Flat Rock to Jefferson in Gibraltar
- Carleton-Rockwood Road / Huron River Drive—South 18 Mile
- Ready Road / Lee Road—South 19 Mile
- Sigler Road—South 20 Mile
- Labo Road—South 21 Mile
- Newport Road—South 22 Mile
- Buhl Road—South 23 Mile
- Post Road / Stumpier Road—South 24 Mile
In Wyandotte, residents refer to the names of Goddard, Northline, Eureka and Pennsylvania. Northline is signed as "Ford" throughout the city, but is referred by residents as "Northline". Northline's dual naming in Wyandotte is a likely source of confusion for out-of-town visitors.
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