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# WATCH: The Motor City Is Getting Rid Of A Freeway
- URL: https://www.dailydetroit.com/watch-motor-city-getting-rid-freeway/
- Published: 2017-12-10T20:34:11.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-27T19:50:06.000Z
- Author: Jer Staes
- Tags: Detroit, Development, Freeways, I-375, MDOT, Urbanism, #wordpress, #Import 2024-02-25 18:12, #daily-detroit-staff

In the heart of the Motor City lies a freeway whose days are numbered.

I-375 is a mile-long, sunken freeway serving downtown Detroit.

Its construction half a century ago destroyed an historic African-American neighborhood. Today, the freeway and its bridges are literally crumbling.

It forms a barrier between Greektown and the Lafayette Park neighborhood.

The Michigan Department of Transportation says the freeway no longer fits with a Detroit that is seeing major redevelopment.

So rather than simply rebuild it, the state wants to convert it to a boulevard.