Proposed Super-Highway Plan for Greater Detroit

Description:

Book containing a plan proposed by the Rapid Transit Commission on April 10, 1924 for a series of parallel lines of rapid transit rail beside expressways for automobiles along existing roads around the city's border and extending outward from the city limits. The report details previous plans for the city's roads, charts the city's growth, and includes several artist's renderings of the new system in fold-out sections. "Detroit Real Estate Board, 507 Union Trust Bldg., Detroit, Michigan," is stamped on the cover, and Clarence M. Burton's name is signed on the first page.

Date Issued:

1924-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Detroit Historical Society

Subject Topic:

Mass Transit, Streetcars, Freeways, Rapid Transit Commission, Concept Art, and Concept Plans

Format:

Report

Rights:

No Copyright - United States

URL:

http://detroithistorical.pastperfectonline.com/archive/502976F3-77E1-4441-B1B0-513858035645