Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail
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Road Trips:

Include: Museums and Attractions along Woodward Avenue:

Travel Woodward Avenue and wander the halls of some of the best museums in America. Immerse yourself in civic and African-American history, play with scientific exhibits, or revel in indoor art and outdoor sculptures.

This tour begins in Midtown Detroit. Go to an area near the intersection of Woodward and Warren and park at any of the underground or surface parking lots.

Include: Downtown Detroit Tour:

Spend the day in vibrant downtown Detroit. Walk along the Detroit River and read about the history of the area. People-watch among the statues and musical dancing fountains in Hart Plaza and Campus Martius Parks. Into sports? Take tours at the homes of the Detroit Lions and the Detroit Tigers. All this and more in a compact area of downtown Detroit.

Include: Woodward Avenue Auto History Tour:

Travel to the sites that made automotive history. Visit the birthplace of the Ford Model T, drive by the world's first traffic light and the world's first concrete highway, see the headquarters of the most popular car manufacturers in the nation, and drive by the plant where the assembly line was born.

For a full-color, PDF brochure of this road tour, which contains a map and more places to visit, go to the Woodward Avenue website. Click on "Fun on the Byway", then "Automobile Heritage Travel Itinerary."