M-85 is a 21.882-mile-long State Trunkline which overlaps Fort Street in metro Detroit. The Trunkline begins at Interstate 75 in Brownstown Township and ends at Griswold Street in downtown Detroit. Fort Street was completed to current scale during the 1930s as one of Detroit's major radial streets. The segment of Fort Street from Interstate 75 to Oakwood Boulevard was adopted as State Trunkline during 1956. The remaining segment from River Rouge to downtown Detroit is part of the historic alignments of M-10, M-17 and US Route 25. When US Route 25 was decommissioned in Michigan during 1967 the segment carried by Fort Street was transferred to M-85. Part 1; the history of M-85 The Fort Street name is a reference to British fortification of Fort Shelby. Fort Shelby (originally Fort Lernoult) was built during 1779 at what is now the intersection of Fort Street and Shelby Road. The fortification was ceded to the United States in 1796 and renamed to Fort Detroit in 1805. The c
Nevada State Route 425 is a 3.437-mile-long highway located in Washoe County. The highway is a former segment of the 1939 era alignment of US Route 40 along 3rd Street in the community of Verdi. The corridor assumed the designation it now carries as part of the 1976 Nevada State Highway renumbering shortly after US Route 40 was decommissioned in the state. The highway was co-designated as Interstate 80 Business Loop in 1982 along with several other like corridors in Nevada. The designation is Nevada State Route 425 is heavily deemphasized on-route in favor of Interstate 80 Business. Part 1; the history of US Route 40 in Verdi Verdi is located along the Truckee River near the California state line. The proximity to the state line has ensured the community has stayed relevant as an overland trail from the California Gold Rush era to the modern day. The first documented wagon crossing of the Sierra Nevada Mountains was made in 1844 by the Townsend-Murphys Party. From the vicinit