Talk:M-39 (Michigan highway)

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RE: "Until the Michigan Department of Transportation's deemphasization of the use of proper names for Detroit's Interstates, locals referred to most Metro Detroit freeways by name rather than by number."

That may be so, but as far as I'm concerned, no one seems to care. M-39, M-8, M-3, M-10, M-108, M-17...these only effectively exist on maps. Pretty much all Metro Detroiters never use the numbers to refer to the road. Interstates 94, 96, 75, and 696 are regularly called by their numbers as well as by their proper names, but the Southfield is "The Southfield".

Ypsidan 03:32, 24 March 2007 (UTC)