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E.B. test: Today, what is the name of the highway where a painted center line was first used in the U.P.?

Good morning! It was first called Hwy 15, then dubbed US 41 and now called Hwy 492.

Was I right with the Early Bird question????? Very interesting cameo by the way.

The first centerline is credited to Edward Hines in Wayne County, Michigan. Probably on Woodward Avenue because is had a pioneering section of concrete.

Aw!....I thought it was "Plank Road". :( Congrats Deb S.

Notice the new (recent) rumble strips MDOT has cut in the center painted lines and shoulders of 2 lane roads ? When you drift over into one of those it will jar you back real quick.
Its a new program called WAKE UP

My apologies to DebS (must be from LakeLinden), Hines thought of the idea, but it was first instituted as you say, sorry.

Yup, that's right, Jim. I'm from LL. I do know a Bob Haralson, or I used to when I was younger.

The following is quoted from the MDOT website under the News and Information link/National Firsts.

"1. Nation's first mile of concrete highway built by the Wayne County Road Commission (Woodward Avenue between 6 and 7 Mile roads in Detroit) 1909.
2. Nation's first painted centerline (River Road near Trenton, by the Wayne County Road Commission) 1911. (The first state trunkline in the nation to sport a centerline was the Marquette to Negaunee Road - now US 41/M 28 - in 1917.)...".

Can you tell that I'm an MDOT retiree?

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