roads

When the first pavement was laid in the mid 1910s, the route that today is Grand River Avenue was called the Wolverine Pavedway.

The Okemos High School welcome sign has been in shambles since a vehicle crashed into it in mid-October. When is it going to be fixed?

Oncoming traffic always seems to have their bright lights on, but is it illegal in Michigan to do that?

This might come as a surprise to some but Michigan has some issues when it comes to potholes.

Millions of tons of steel and a few lives lost created one of the largest bridges in the world right here in Michigan

Of course, it's a joke that the 25 mile straight-as-an-arrow crossroad free highway known as the Sceney Stretch would need 6 new roundabouts. But post a satirical story on social media and some Yoopers won't get the joke.

A nearly forgotten figure in the history of Chicago is the man who dreamed up the city's street grid. He did it while on vacation across the lake in Paw Paw, Michigan.

Motorists all around the world have one Michigan man to thank for one of the most important travel-related inventions of all time.

Drive around the Chicago area and you'll see something unique in all of American motoring, an exit for an 'Oasis.' Highway service plazas have an identity all their own in Illinois.

Not all of these could be considered odd. Some may just be downright funny, weird, or as Michael Scott would say, a "that's what she said" kind of road. Take a look at some of the odd roads in Michigan's capital city.