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<!--In the early 1960s, the MSHD compiled a set of planning maps envisioning various changes to the state highway system over the subsequent two decades. The department proposed moving the US 10 designation to the Fisher Freeway (now I-75) and renumbering Woodward Avenue as Bus. US 10 through Detroit on to Pontiac.<ref>{{cite map |author = Office of Planning, Programming Division |year = 1961 |map = Wayne County |title = State Trunkline Needs, 1960–1980 |scale = Scale not given |location = Lansing |publisher = Michigan State Highway Department |at = n.p. |oclc = 15533279 }}</ref> -->In October 1969, AASHO approved a realignment of US 10 in the Detroit area;<ref>{{AASHTO minutes |year = 1969A |page = 2 |access-date = August 2, 2014 |link = yes |v-link = yes }}</ref> the next year the designation was rerouted to follow the Lodge Freeway (what is now [[M-10 (Michigan highway)|M-10]]) and the portion of Jefferson Avenue between the Lodge Freeway and Randolph Street (then [[U.S. Route 25 in Michigan|US 25]], now [[M-3 (Michigan highway)|M-3]]). The M-1 designation was applied to the section of Woodward Avenue from Jefferson Avenue in downtown Detroit to Square Lake Road along the southern border of Pontiac.<ref name=baulch/> Woodward north of Square Lake Road was designated as a [[business route]] of both US 10 and I-75. When US 10 was truncated to [[Bay City, Michigan|Bay City]] in 1986, the Bus. US 10 portion of Woodward became [[U.S. Route 24 Business (Pontiac, Michigan)|Bus. US 24]].<ref name=MDOT86>{{cite MDOT map |year = 1986 |inset= Detroit |sections = A6–B6 }}</ref><ref name=MDOT87>{{cite MDOT map |year = 1987 |inset = Detroit |sections = A6–B6 }}</ref>
In the early 1980s, M-1 was truncated in downtown Detroit, as the Woodward Mall was designated in the area around Cadillac Square.<ref name=MDOT81>{{cite MDOT map |year = 1981 |inset = Detroit |section = E5 }}</ref><ref name=MDOT82>{{cite MDOT map |year = 1982 |inset = Detroit |section = E5 }}</ref> At the end of 2000, MDOT proposed several highway transfers in Detroit. Some of these involved transferring city streets in the [[Campus Martius Park]] area under the department's jurisdiction to city control; another part of the proposal involved MDOT assuming control over a section of Woodward Avenue from Adams Avenue south to Grand River Avenue.<ref name=MDOT2000>{{cite map |author = Michigan Department of Transportation |date = November 7, 2000 |title = Proposed Jurisdiction Transfers in the City of Detroit |url = http://www.michiganhighways.org/etc/campusmartiusexhibit1.pdf |scale = Scale not given |location = Lansing |publisher = Michigan Department of Transportation |access-date = January 12, 2012 |via = Michigan Highways |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120523204102/http://www.michiganhighways.org/etc/campusmartiusexhibit1.pdf |archive-date = May 23, 2012 |url-status = live |archive-format = PDF }}</ref> These transfers were completed the following year.<ref name=MDOT01>{{cite MDOT map |year = 2001 |inset = Detroit }}</ref><ref name=MDOT02>{{cite MDOT map |year = 2002 |inset = Detroit }}</ref> In 2004, the southern terminus was moved north three blocks to Adams Avenue.<ref name=MDOT04>{{cite MDOT map |year = 2004 |section = |inset = Detroit }}</ref><ref name=MDOT05>{{cite MDOT map |year = 2005 |section = |inset = Detroit }}</ref> A massive address renumbering project ensued along Woodward Avenue in 1997, creating a consistent numbering system from downtown Detroit to Pontiac. Previously, each city along the route had its own address system.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7823667/detroit-free-press/ |title = Time for a Change |work = Detroit Free Press |date = September 13, 1997 |access-date = July 11, 2021 |first = Hugh, Jr. |last = McDiarmid |page = 3A |issn = 1055-2758 |id = {{oclc|10345127| 137343179}} |via = Newspapers.com }}</ref> In June 2017, the southernmost block of Woodward Avenue south of Larned Street closed to automobiles to create a temporary pedestrian plaza.<ref>{{cite news |first = Kirk |last = Pinho |date = June 8, 2017 |url = https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20170608/news/630871/woodward-closing-cars-south-larned-downtown-pedestrian-plaza |title = Woodward Closing to Cars South of Larned for Downtown Pedestrian Plaza |work = Crain's Detroit Business |access-date = November 1, 2018 |url-access = subscription |archive-date = May 21, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190521171808/https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20170608/news/630871/woodward-closing-cars-south-larned-downtown-pedestrian-plaza |url-status = live }}</ref> This closure was made permanent the following November.<ref>{{cite news |first = Violet |last = Ikonomova |date = November 21, 2017 |title = Woodward Avenue Street Plaza to Stay Open Despite Traffic Concerns |url = https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2017/11/21/woodward-avenue-street-plaza-to-stay-open-despite-traffic-concerns |work = [[Metro Times]] |location = Detroit |access-date = November 1, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171122050320/https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2017/11/21/woodward-avenue-street-plaza-to-stay-open-despite-traffic-concerns |archive-date = November 22, 2017 |url-status = live }}</ref>
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