quickfact:

The first border-to-border concrete highway was M 16 from Detroit to Grand Haven 1920.
 
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Associated Press
Lawmakers propose raising fuel tax to repair state's roads


Two state lawmakers on Tuesday proposed higher taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel to raise money for Michigan's...

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Monday, January 18, 2010
Detroit Free Press
A bridge to road funds, with strings


As the state scratches for money to keep its roads in decent shape, all suggestions are welcome. That...

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Drive MI Pothole Photo Contest
The search for Michigan's greatest roadway crater

Thank you to all contestants who submitted their photos and stories!

The Winners

servicedrive
getty

Service Dr. on N. M-10 & Howard
Detroit MI

Getty Street
Muskegon MI
frostdr
marshrd
Frost Drive
Saginaw MI
Marsh Road
Haslett MI

Due to the stiff competition of frame-busting pothole pictures, the MTT is also like to give honorable mention recognition to a number of potholes across the state:

  • Outer Drive North of Ford Rd., Detroit
  • Westbound 10 Mile Rd. between Evergreen & Lahser, Detroit
  • Lake Lansing Rd., Lansing
  • Mudd Lake Rd., Barry County
  • Marquette Woods Rd., Royalton Township

The Contestants


sterling heights on my side street called eastmont

Getty Street, Muskegon

Frost Drive, Saginaw Michigan

Marsh Rd Haslett,MI

County Line Rd- between Monroe & Lenawee- hasn't been paved in over 25 yrs!

9 Mile Service drive between John R and entrance ramp

Mudd Lake Rd., Barry County, Michigan

Grand River Ave, just east of Haggerty Rd.

Custer rd. Battle Creek, MI

Mud Lake Road and North Avenue, Bellevue, Michigan

City of Livonia, west of Haggerty on Six Mile Rd

Plymouth Rd. east of Ford Rd. cutoff in Pittsfield Twsp just outside Ann Arbor

I 75 service drive just north of 8 mile

Wayne & Warren RD

E. Canfield, between Woodward and Chrysler, Detroit MI

Holmes Rd. @ Ford Blvd.

Portage, MI by Celebration Cinema

Lakeside Village Apts, Clinton Twp, MI (5L x 2.5W x .5D)

Right Behind Wayne County Bldg (7.7L x 3.1W x 2.5D)

MSU Campus, Birch Road

Cherokee Bend, Howell, Livingston County

Northline and 75 off ramp (CAR VEIW)

Hannah Blvd (Hannah Plaza) by Hagadorn, East Lansing

Henry Ford Community College


Euclid Avenue, Benton Harbor, MI

Haggerty Road between 6 and 7 Mile Roads

Marquette Woods Rd. Royalton Township, MI

Bundy Rd, Coloma, MI 49038

JOY RD. / ASBURY PK.

Oneida Rd. between Duane and Pinch Hwy, Grand Ledge, MI

Service drive on North M-10 and Howard

Right corner of Willowby and Pine Tree Road in Holt, MI

Outer Drive North of Ford Road

wb 10 Mile Rd. between Evergreen & Lahser

696 E. ramp to 94 E.

Bordman Road, Dryden, MI

Burnette & Westfield

14 Mile & 94

12 Mile Rd. ( Between Mound & Van Dyke )

Hix rd, North of Ford. Westland

Exit ramp from 696 east to Mound road north

Lake Lansing Road, Lansing