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Metro Detroit

Metro Detroit is the American metropolitan area consisting of nine counties including the cities of Detroit, Flint, Ann Arbor, Pontiac, and other outlying cities, villages, and townships in the U.S. state of Michigan. The Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint Combined Metropolitan Statistical Area has about 5,516,124 inhabitants and is the eighth largest metropolitan area in the United States. (Note: this does not include population figures for Windsor, Ontario or other nearby Canadian cities.)

Though this metropolitan area officially encompasses most of Southeastern Michigan, residents of outlying communities (such as Flint, Port Huron and Monroe) may not consider where they live to be part of the "Detroit area." Michiganders have traditionally defined "Metro Detroit" as the three counties containing or bordering the city of Detroit--Wayne, Oakland and Macomb.

of Michigan.

Counties

  • Genesee
  • Lapeer
  • Livingston
  • Macomb
  • Monroe
  • Oakland
  • St. Clair
  • Washtenaw
  • Wayne

    Anchor cities

  • Ann Arbor
  • Detroit (largest city in Michigan)
  • Flint
  • Livonia
  • Monroe
  • Warren

    Windsor

    Windsor, Ontario, Canada lies across the Detroit River from Detroit. Because of its close proximity, it is usually included in the population of the Metro Detroit region for international lists. With a total population of about 5,800,000, the Detroit-Windsor metropolitan area is the 46th largest metropolitan area in the world. If the metropolitan area is extended farther (to create a geographic similarity) to include Chatham-Kent and Lambton County which lie across from areas included in the CMSA, the population increases to about 6,100,000 and would jump to the 43rd largest.

    Major airports

  • Ann Arbor Municipal Airport
  • Detroit City Airport (DET)
  • Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW)
  • Flint-Bishop International Airport
  • Oakland County International Airport

    Major highways


    The Metro Detroit area is criss-crossed by several major interstate highways and freeways.
  • I-75 (Chrysler Freeway) which runs north-south, is the region's main route, serving Flint, Pontiac, Troy, and Detroit, before continuing south to serve many of the communities along the shore of Lake Erie.
  • I-94 (Ford Freeway) runs east-west through Detroit and serves Ann Arbor to the west (where it continues to Chicago) and Port Huron to the northeast.
  • I-96 runs northwest-southeast through Livingston County and has its eastern terminus in downtown Detroit.
  • I-275 runs north-south from I-75 in the south to the junction of I-96 and I-696 in the north, providing a bypass through the western suburbs of Detroit.
  • I-696 (Walter P Reuther Freeway) runs east-west from the junction of I-96 and I-275, providing a route through the northern suburbs of Detroit. Taken together, I-275 and I-696 form a semi-circle around Detroit.
  • I-375 is a short spur route in downtown Detroit.
  • I-475 runs north-south through downtown Flint for several miles before rejoining I-75.
  • I-69, although a north-south route for most of its length, runs east-west across St. Claire, Lapeer, and Genesee counties, serving Flint, Lapeer, and Port Huron.
  • M-10 (Lodge Freeway)
  • M-39 (Southfield Freeway)
  • M-59 (Veterans Memorial Freeway from Utica to Pontiac), continues east as Hall Road to Clinton Township and west as various surface roads to I-96 near Howell

    Other major roads

  • 8 Mile Road, known by many due to the film 8 Mile, forms the dividing line between Detroit and the suburbs of Macomb and Oakland Counties. Also known as Baseline Road outside of Detroit, because it coincides with the baseline used in surveying Michigan, that baseline is also the boundary for a number of Michigan counties as well as the boundary for Illinois and Wisconsin. Designated as M-102 for much of its length in Wayne County.
  • Gratiot Avenue (M-3) is a major road that runs from Port Huron to Downtown Detroit
  • Jefferson Avenue is a scenic highway that runs parallel to the shore of the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair. It is also the principal thoroughfare for the Grosse Pointes, where it is called Lake Shore Drive.
  • Michigan Avenue (U.S. 12) runs from downtown Detroit through the western suburbs toward Ypsilanti, passes south of Ann Arbor, and eventually reaches Chicago, Illinois.
  • Woodward Avenue (M-1) is considered the Detroit area's main thoroughfare. It is the dividing line between the East Side and the West Side. Woodward stretches from downtown Pontiac to the Detroit River near Hart Plaza. In Downtown Detroit, the Fox Theater and Detroit Institute of Arts are located on Woodward as well as the Detroit Zoo just outside of the city. The Woodward Dream Cruise, a classic car cruise from Pontiac to Ferndale is held in August and is the largest single day classic car cruise in America.
  • Telegraph Road is a major north-south road extending from Downriver through western Wayne and Oakland Counties to Pontiac. It has gained notoriety in a song (Telegraph Road) by the group Dire Straits.

    Shopping malls and other major marketplaces

    Metro Detroit has numerous shopping malls.


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