Eureka Road
Eureka Road in Wyandotte
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| Length | 13.21 mi (21.26 km) |
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| West end | Huron River Drive in Romulus |
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| East end | Detroit River in Wyandotte |
Eureka Road (Eureka Avenue in Wyandotte) is a major east-west thoroughfare and section line road in the Downriver region of Metro Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan. Although it is not a signed state trunkline, it is still a major roadway through the region.
In Wyandotte, Eureka Avenue starts out as a residential street at the foot of the Detroit River, which runs west-northwestward. The avenue then intersects Biddle Avenue, and turns due west and widens to a major five-lane street with four through lanes and a left-turn lane in the center. Eureka passes by Roosevelt High School before sinking below ground level to accommodate five viaducts, all built in 1927: the four easternmost viaducts each carry Conrail Shared Assets/Norfolk Southern and Canadian National rail lines and the fifth is currently unused, but originally carried Detroit, Monroe & Toledo Short Line Railway interurban tracks until that railroad folded in the early 1930s as a result of increasing competition from automobiles and intercity buses as well as the effects of the Great Depression.
Eureka Road crosses M-85 (Fort Street) into Southgate, where it forms the southern border of the Old Homestead subdivision. The road passes by Dunham's and Kroger (originally Downriver's first Kmart store) stores, and neighboring Southgate Shopping Center, which includes Applebee's and Buffalo Wild Wings. After Trenton Road, the road continues on through more suburbs and commercial areas as the road continues west. West of Dix-Toledo Highway (formerly US-25), the area becomes increasingly commercial.
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