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'''M-1''', commonly known as '''Woodward Avenue''', is a north–south [[Michigan State Trunkline Highway System|state trunkline highway]] in the [[Metro Detroit]] area of the US state of [[Michigan]]. The highway, called "Detroit's Main Street", runs from [[Detroit]] north-northwesterly to [[Pontiac, Michigan|Pontiac]]. It is one of the five principal avenues of Detroit, along with [[U.S. Route 12 in Michigan|Michigan]], [[U.S. Route 16 in Michigan|Grand River]], [[M-3 (Michigan highway)|Gratiot]], and [[Jefferson Avenue (Detroit)|Jefferson]] avenues. These streets were [[plat]]ted in 1805 by Judge [[Augustus B. Woodward]], namesake to Woodward Avenue. The [[Federal Highway Administration]] (FHWA) has listed the highway as the '''Automotive Heritage Trail''', an [[All-American Road]] in the National Scenic Byways Program. It has also been designated a [[Pure Michigan Byway]] by the [[Michigan Department of Transportation]] (MDOT), and was also included in the [[MotorCities National Heritage Area]] designated by the [[United States Congress|US Congress]] in 1998.