Woodward Avenue
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Woodward Avenue is a major historic thoroughfare in the Detroit metropolitan area, known as the city's primary north–south artery and a key corridor for commerce, culture, and transportation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Woodward Avenue canonical | 9 |
| Woodward Avenue, Detroit | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic road
ⓘ
major thoroughfare ⓘ road ⓘ |
| category |
State highways in Michigan
ⓘ
Streets in Detroit ⓘ |
| city | Detroit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
Campus Martius Park area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Detroit Institute of Arts vicinity ⓘ Detroit Theater District NERFINISHED ⓘ Midtown Detroit corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ New Center area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRole | symbolic main street of Detroit ⓘ |
| designation | M-1 (Michigan highway) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| direction | north–south ⓘ |
| economicRole | major retail and business corridor ⓘ |
| forms | spine of the Detroit metropolitan area street grid ⓘ |
| hasEvent | Woodward Dream Cruise NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | central axis in Judge Woodward’s 1807 plan for Detroit ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Detroit metropolitan area
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| namedAfter | Augustus B. Woodward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
automotive history
ⓘ
commercial corridors ⓘ cultural institutions ⓘ historic role in the development of Detroit ⓘ |
| opened | early 19th century ⓘ |
| partOf |
Michigan State Trunkline Highway System
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Scenic Byways Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough |
Birmingham, Michigan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Detroit NERFINISHED ⓘ Ferndale, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Highland Park, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Pleasant Ridge, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Pontiac, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Oak, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | All-American Road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
key corridor for commerce in Detroit
ⓘ
key corridor for culture in Detroit ⓘ key corridor for transportation in Detroit ⓘ primary north–south artery of Detroit ⓘ |
| servedBy |
Detroit QLine streetcar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
SMART bus routes ⓘ multiple DDOT bus routes ⓘ |
| state |
Michigan (most of state)
ⓘ
surface form:
Michigan
|
| terminusNorth | Pontiac, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| terminusSouth | Downtown Detroit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| transportFunction | connects downtown Detroit to northern suburbs ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
this entity surface form:
Woodward Avenue, Detroit