Jefferson Avenue (Detroit)

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Jefferson Avenue (Detroit)

Jefferson Avenue is a 63.71-mile-long (102.53&nbsp;km)[<a href="/en/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" class="wl">citation needed</a>] <a href="/en/Scenic_route" title="Scenic route" class="wl">scenic road</a> along the eastern part of the <a href="/en/Metro_Detroit" title="Metro Detroit" class="wl">Detroit metropolitan area</a> in the <a href="/en/Southeast_Michigan" title="Southeast Michigan" class="wl">southeastern part</a> of the <a href="/en/U.S._state" title="U.S. state" class="wl">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/en/Michigan" title="Michigan" class="wl">Michigan</a>. It travels alongside <a href="/en/Lake_Erie" title="Lake Erie" class="wl">Lake Erie</a>, the <a href="/en/Detroit_River" title="Detroit River" class="wl">Detroit River</a>, and <a href="/en/Lake_St._Clair" title="Lake St. Clair" class="wl">Lake St. Clair</a>. This road also provides access to many recreational facilities in the area. West Jefferson Avenue is primarily commercial, while <a href="/en/East_Jefferson_Avenue_Residential_TR" title="East Jefferson Avenue Residential TR" class="wl">East Jefferson Avenue</a> contains a <a href="/en/Historic_districts_in_the_United_States" title="Historic districts in the United States" class="wl">historic residential district</a>.

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class="infobox-title fn org street-address">Jefferson Avenue</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">63.71&nbsp;mi (102.53&nbsp;km)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">South&nbsp;end</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Huron_River_(Michigan)" title="Huron River (Michigan)" class="mw-redirect wl">Huron River</a> in <a href="/en/Brownstown_Charter_Township,_Michigan" title="Brownstown Charter Township, Michigan" class="wl">Brownstown</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Major junctions</th><td class="infobox-data"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/M-1.svg/24px-M-1.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" data-file-type="drawing" height="24" width="24" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/M-1.svg/36px-M-1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/M-1.svg/48px-M-1.svg.png 2x" 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class="wl">M-3</a>&nbsp;/ <a href="/en/M-10_(Michigan_highway)" title="M-10 (Michigan highway)" class="wl">M-10</a> in <a href="/en/Detroit" title="Detroit" class="wl">Detroit</a> <img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/I-375.svg/30px-I-375.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" data-file-type="drawing" height="24" width="30" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/I-375.svg/45px-I-375.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/I-375.svg/60px-I-375.svg.png 2x" alt="I-375.svg"> <a href="/en/Interstate_375_(Michigan)" title="Interstate 375 (Michigan)" class="wl">I-375</a> in Detroit <img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/To_plate.svg/24px-To_plate.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="301" data-file-type="drawing" height="12" width="24" 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href="/en/M-59_(Michigan_highway)" title="M-59 (Michigan highway)" class="wl">M-59</a> near Mount Clemens</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">North&nbsp;end</th><td class="infobox-data"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/M-29.svg/24px-M-29.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" data-file-type="drawing" height="24" width="24" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/M-29.svg/36px-M-29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/M-29.svg/48px-M-29.svg.png 2x" alt="M-29.svg"> <a href="/en/M-29_(Michigan_highway)" title="M-29 (Michigan highway)" class="wl">M-29</a> in <a href="/en/New_Baltimore,_Michigan" title="New Baltimore, Michigan" class="wl">New Baltimore</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'>Close ▲</footer></div>

Jefferson Avenue is a 63.71-mile-long  scenic road along the eastern part of the Detroit metropolitan area in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Michigan. It travels alongside Lake Erie, the Detroit River, and Lake St. Clair. This road also provides access to many recreational facilities in the area. West Jefferson Avenue is primarily commercial, while East Jefferson Avenue contains a historic residential district. 