Encyclopedia Of Detroit
John C. Lodge Freeway
The John C. Lodge Freeway, also known as M-10 or simply, “The Lodge,” is a state route that runs from Detroit to West Bloomfield, Michigan. Its southern terminus is at Jefferson Avenue and Randolph Street in Detroit, next to the Detroit-Windsor tunnel. The freeway runs northwesterly to Orchard Lake Road in West Bloomfield.
The Lodge was built in segments during the 1950s and 1960s. The intersection of the Lodge and the Edsel Ford Freeway, which was built in 1953, was the first complete interchange between two freeways built in the United States. In 1987, the freeway was named The John C. Lodge Freeway, after the man who was Mayor of Detroit from 1922-1924, and 1927-1929 and had a great influence on the city.
The freeway originally consisted of three segments, the Lodge, the James Couzens Highway and the Northwestern Highway. Today, all three segments are combined and the entire route is called the John C. Lodge Freeway, although the service drives along the freeway have kept their original names.
From 2006 to 2007, the Lodge was closed for major reconstruction, including pavement reconstruction and rehabilitation, repairs or replacements to fifty bridges, utility upgrades, new barrier walls, renovation to 22 ramps, and replacement of freeway signs.
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