Talk:Mile Road System (Detroit)

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This page cries out for some maps! Rmhermen 04:28, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

The name
Nitendude had moved this to Mile Road System (Michigan), and I moved it back mostly because I had thought it was specific to the metro detroit area, but also because there are quite a few double redirects that need to be fixed if the page is moved. I can see that the article has info on several other counties throughout Michigan, so the Ninedude's name might actually be OK. But please, if page is moved again, please go though What links here and fix any of the resulting double-redirects. older ≠ wiser 20:42, 10 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Many counties in Michigan have mile road systems, and I don't find any of them terribly notable. What use is an encyclopedia page noting the mile roads of a county and their other names? I'd rather look at a map. The description of the layout of a county's roads would me more appropriate on that county's particlar article page.Segelflugzeugwettbewerber 22:42, 10 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Good observation. older ≠ wiser 23:56, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I see no problem with the content of the current article, but the name of the article doesn't follow the style guide. When there is no article at mile road system there is no need for a disambiguated article named Mile Road System (Detroit). —pfahlstrom 22:01, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Article Cleanup
AStudent 00:51, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I'd like to see the Bay and Midland County Mile Roads be moved to a seperate article to keep this one about the Detroit system specifically.
 * In addition, I think the use of Bold font is a bit excessive and should be fixed
 * Also, I think we could merge the Oakland and Macomb names into one list - as the article is cluttered enough already.

Why "Mile" and not "Miles"?
This question may sound stupid to native speakers (which I am not), but could some kind soul enlarge upon the question why a road which is (e.g.) 8 miles away from the starting point (Michigan Avenue) still called 8 Mile Road and not 8 Miles Road? Isn't that bad grammar (except for 1 Mile Road, of course)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.184.5.200 (talk • contribs) 20:13, July 28, 2007
 * Hmm, not a bad question. I never thought about it before and don't have a good answer -- KelleyCook 21:08, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Well it would make sense if you called it "Mile 14" instead of "Miles 14"... I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it, though. By the way I live south of that one =). Hmm, maybe it's for the sake of saying it out loud, like "It's at the intersection of 14 Miles and Coolidge." "14 miles what?" or something. Zaita (talk) 15:14, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

I think "the Eight Mile road" (as it is styled in formal legal documents) parses out the same as the 3-meter springboard [for diving] or the seven-year itch. Apparently there's an intuitive syntactic rule in American English demanding the singular for attributive nouns, even those modified in turn by a numeric expression in the plural. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.99.34.6 (talk) 01:18, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Five mile rd
Five Mile is signed and called five mile in Livonia at the very least at the intersection on Five and Newburg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.245.126.45 (talk) 19:24, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Question of highest number in D.E. system
The attribution to Detroit Edison is common usage in greater Detroit, see e.g. http://www.ci.lapeer.mi.us/documents/Chapter%2051%20-%20Address%20Numbering.pdf.

Given the rate of (ex)urban development in the vicinity of Memphis, MI during recent years, I’m not comfortable even asserting that the specific address 81950 is still extant. But almost surely the highest numbered address in greater Detroit is in the 81900’s.

For higher numbers in other states, see e.g. http://www.gilbertsresort.com/ (107900 Overseas Highway, Key Largo, FL), and http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/AHFSS/Livestock_ID/pdfs/2007_Brand_Book/G.pdf which references a Swauger Ranch at 116116 Highway 395, Topaz CA —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.9.237.73 (talk) 04:54, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

There is a white pages (telephone directory) listing for a residence at 81951 Main St in Memphis, retrieved on 26 April 2008 with this URL: http://www.reversephonedirectory.com/whitepages/address/index.html?qa=81951+main+st&qc=memphis&qs=mi —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.9.237.73 (talk) 02:07, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Numbers on U. S. Highway 395 in Topaz, CA go at least as high as 120396 -- see real estate listings at http://real-estate.nextag.com/bath_under-1/Topaz/California/homes-html. I suspect they don't get much higher, as Google Maps puts this just short of the Nevada border. The numbering system appears to allow approximately 1000 numbers per mile, from Bishop, California about 120 miles away. Izzycat (talk) 13:58, 12 August 2008 (UTC)