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Did You Know
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on July 23, 2012.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that US Highway 24 in Michigan follows Telegraph Road, which is named for the mid-19th-century telegraph lines it followed?
Current status: Good article

Junction types?

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Pardon me asking, but I believe it needs to be asked: What purpose does the entire "Junction types" section serve? I don't believe it lives up to any encyclopedic standards and serves to only add mindless filler to this article. If anyone else agrees, please feel free to remove it. CBessert 08:58, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, at the very least, rather than junking it, that section needs to be transitioned to a junction list. The template for it is at Template:MIint Stratosphere (U T) 16:51, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

sign referring to M-24

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In the 1990s, I recall seeing a sign saying "US 24 ends at ___ ; for M-24, follow I-75 south".

The M-24 article here on Wikipedia notes that M-24 was never part of US 24. However, because US 24 was extended to pick up part of old US 10, US 24's northern end is relatively close to M-24. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.20 (talk) 21:40, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In 1926 when the US Highway System was created and the Michigan State Highway Department set about updating the highway designations in the state, there were several changes initially. All of the highways that had M- numbers that duplicated the new US Highways were renumbered in some fashion. Then, several of those numbers were reused as state highway extensions of the new US Highways. For instance, US 131 at that time ended southeast of Traverse City near Fife Lake, and an M-131 continued northward to Petoskey and beyond. Eventually this highway was replaced by an extension of US 131 to Petoskey and the remainder is now M-119. M-25 was the extension of US 25 north of Port Huron initially, and M-24 did connect to US 24 in downtown Pontiac. Reroutings and changes in the Pontiac area have severed the connection, so M-24 terminates by the interchange with BL I-75 north of downtown Pontiac, and US 24 terminates at I-75 near Clarkston. Imzadi 1979 → 21:50, 20 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Redundancy, repetition, and saying the same thing over and over

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... which makes for very dull writing.

  • "Between 1960 and 1963, the four-lane undivided highway was turned into a seven- and eight-lane divided highway in Wayne County."
    • We know from this sentence that the four-lane highway was changed into something else. How does wedding "previously" change the meaning? It doesn't. It is redundant: "Between 1960 and 1963, the previously four-lane undivided highway was turned into a seven- and eight-lane divided highway in Wayne County."
  • "In 1970, US 10 was moved from its routing along Woodward Avenue between Detroit and Pontiac to follow the Lodge Freeway."
    • The verb "moved" tells us there is a change going on. And we are presented clearly with the 'before' star (along Woodward Ave.) and the 'after' (Lodge Freeway). Adding "previous" here doesn't tell us anything more: "In 1970, US 10 was moved from its previous routing along Woodward Avenue between Detroit and Pontiac to follow the Lodge Freeway."
  • "... the existing Bus. US 10 in Pontiac was redesignated to become a Bus. US 24 instead."
    • As above, the change is indicated by the verb "redesignated". Adding "previously" just repeats that there is a change: "... the previously existing Bus. US 10 in Pontiac was redesignated to become a Bus. US 24 instead."

Ground Zero | t 01:37, 19 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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