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==Route description==
Like other state highways in Michigan, the section of Woodward Avenue designated M-1 is maintained by MDOT. In 2011, the department's traffic surveys showed that on [[average annual daily traffic|average]], 64,713 vehicles used the highway daily north of 11 Mile Road and 17,345 vehicles did so each day in [[Highland Park, Michigan|Highland Park]], the highest and lowest counts along the highway, respectively.<ref name=TMIS>{{cite web |author = Bureau of Transportation Planning |url = http://mdotnetpublic.state.mi.us/tmispublic/ |title = Traffic Monitoring Information System |publisher = Michigan Department of Transportation |year = 2008 |access-date = May 21, 2017 |archive-date = July 2, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120702025019/http://mdotnetpublic.state.mi.us/tmispublic/ |url-status = live }}</ref> All of M-1 north of [[Interstate 75 in Michigan|I-75]] is listed on the [[National Highway System (United States)|National Highway System]],<ref name=NHS-D>{{cite map |author = Michigan Department of Transportation |year = 2005 |title = National Highway System: City of Detroit |url = http:MI//www.michigan.gov/documents/MDOT_NHS_City_of_Detroit_150609_7.pdf |scale = Scale not given |location = Lansing |publisher = Michigan Department of Transportation |access-date = October 7, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081211051917/http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MDOT_NHS_City_of_Detroit_150609_7.pdf |archive-date = December 11, 2008 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name=NHS-DUA>{{cite map |author = Michigan Department of Transportation |year = 2005 |title = National Highway System: Detroit Urbanized Area |url = http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MDOT_NHS_Detroit_150611_7.pdf |scale = Scale not given |location = Lansing |publisher = Michigan Department of Transportation |access-date = October 7, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081211051852/http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MDOT_NHS_Detroit_150611_7.pdf |archive-date = December 11, 2008 |url-status = dead }}</ref> a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility.<ref name=NHS>{{cite web |first1 = Stefan |last1 = Natzke |first2 = Mike |last2 = Neathery |first3 = Kevin |last3 = Adderly |name-list-style = amp |date = June 20, 2012 |url = http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/ |title = What is the National Highway System? |work = National Highway System |publisher = [[Federal Highway Administration]] |access-date = July 1, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120704194551/https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/ |archive-date = July 4, 2012 |url-status = live }}</ref> As well as the sections of Woodward Avenue in Pontiac that are part of [[Interstate 75 Business (Pontiac, Michigan)|Business Loop I-75]] (BL I-75) and [[U.S. Route 24 Business (Pontiac, Michigan)|Business US 24]] (Bus. US 24), all of M-1 is a [[Pure Michigan Byway]] and an [[All-American Road]].<ref name=MDOT16/> Woodward Avenue is considered to be the divider between the East and West sides of the city of Detroit.<ref name=whitall>{{cite news |first = Susan |last = Whitall |date = March 12, 2007 |title = Woodward Avenue: Michigan's Main Street |url = http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20070312/METRO/703120330/Woodward-Avenue--Michigan-s-Main-Street |work = The Detroit News |pages = 1A, 8A |issn = 1055-2715 |oclc = 137348716 |access-date = July 16, 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150102140458/http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20070312/METRO/703120330/Woodward-Avenue--Michigan-s-Main-Street |archive-date = January 2, 2015 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
===Detroit and Highland Park===
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