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id: "13754"
name: Woodward Avenue (M-1) Automotive Heritage Trail
distance: "27"
duration: One hour to visit the entire byway or three to five days to enjoy the attractions
description: If  Broadway = Theater and Rodeo Drive = High Fashion and Jewelry, then Woodward = the Automobile. The Motor City, and in particular, Woodward Avenue, put the world on wheels. America's automobile heritage is represented along this byway in famed industrial complexes, office buildings, residential mansions, world-renowned museums, and cultural institutions.
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websites:
  - url: https://michiganhighways.org/listings/M-001.html
    name: Michigan Highways
  - url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-1_(Michigan_highway)
    name: Wikipedia
attractions:
  - url: https://www.cranbrook.edu/
    name: Cranbrook
  - url: https://visitdetroit.com/inside-the-d/explore-detroit-block-by-block-woodward-avenue-edition/
    name: Detroit
  - url: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/detroit-river
    name: Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge
  - url: https://www.motorcities.org/things-to-see-in-detroit
    name: MotorCities National Heritage Area
designations:
  - All-American Road
  - National Scenic Byway
  - Michigan State Scenic Byway
states:
  - MI
ll:
  - -83.04429599999997
  - 42.32857900000005
bounds:
  - - -83.28871200000003
    - 42.32857900000005
  - - -83.04429599999997
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---

If  Broadway = Theater and Rodeo Drive = High Fashion and Jewelry, then Woodward = the Automobile. The Motor City, and in particular, Woodward Avenue, put the world on wheels. America's automobile heritage is represented along this byway in famed industrial complexes, office buildings, residential mansions, world-renowned museums, and cultural institutions.