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|direction_b=East |terminus_b=Detroit River in Wyandotte |counties=Wayne }} Eureka Road (Eureka Avenue in Wyandotte) is a major east-west thoroughfare and section line road in the Downriver region of Metro Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan. Though it is almost never referred to as such, Eureka Road corresponds to "south 9 Mile" in Detroit's mile road system. ==Route description== In Wyandotte, Eureka Avenue starts out as a residential street at the foot of the Detroit River, which runs west-northwestward. The avenue then intersects Biddle Avenue, and turns due west and widens to a major five-lane street with four through lanes and a left-turn lane in the center. Eureka passes by Roosevelt High School before sinking below ground level to accommodate five viaducts, all built in 1927: the four easternmost viaducts each carry Conrail Shared Assets/Norfolk Southern and Canadian National rail lines and the fifth is currently unused, but originally carried Detroit, Monroe & Toledo Short Line Railway interurban tracks until that railroad folded in the early 1930s as a result of increasing competition from automobiles and intercity buses as well as the effects of the Great Depression. Eureka Road crosses M-85 (Fort Street) into Southgate, where it forms the southern border of the Old Homestead subdivision. The road passes by Dunham's and Kroger (originally Downriver's first Kmart store) stores, and neighboring Southgate Shopping Center, which includes Applebee's and Buffalo Wild Wings. After Trenton Road, the road continues on through more suburbs and commercial areas as the road continues west. West of Dix-Toledo Highway (formerly US-25), the area becomes increasingly commercial. Eureka widens into a seven-lane road at Allen Road as it enters the city of Taylor before becoming a six-lane divided highway as the road crosses under another Canadian National line. The road then passes by a Denny's, Bob Evan's, Super 8 hotel, and one of the tallest office buildings in Downriver as it approaches the I-75 interchange. West of the interchange and south of Eureka is the original location of the Gibraltar Trade Center, which closed its doors in November 2014 and was demolished in September 2015 for a Menards store, which is planning to open in 2017. A Costco store is also rumored to build on the former Gibraltar Trade Center site along with Menard's, but the future is not yet known. The road then crosses under another Conrail Shared Assets railroad line and crosses over the Frank & Poet drain before transitioning back into a seven-lane road at Racho Road. Eureka then passes the Kohl's-anchored Cross Creek Plaza and neighboring Southland Center, which includes a Best Buy storefront, and continues past several other businesses including Meijer, PetSmart, Panera Bread (previously co-located with Southgate Buffalo Wild Wings), McDonald's, Party City, and Wendy's. In Romulus, Eureka continues west as the suburban sprawl on both sides of the road significantly decreases. The suburban sprawl stops completely east of Merriman Road as Eureka curves southwest and becomes a four-lane divided highway. The road then curves northwest as it approaches John Dingell Drive, which is the entrance to Detroit Metro Airport. Eureka transitions back into a five-lane road east of the Wayne Road/Wahrman Road intersection and I-275. Immediately after the Interstate 275 interchange, Eureka Road becomes a two-lane road as it approaches a CSX Transportation crossing and continues for a half-mile before ending at a stop sign and flashing red light at Huron River Drive. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eureka Road」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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