Home > U.S. Highway 12

1 Termini

As of 2004, the highway's eastern terminus is in Detroit, Michigan at an indeterminate point downtown. Its western terminus is in Aberdeen, Washington at an intersection with U.S. Highway 101.

2 States Traversed

The highway passes through the following states:

• Michigan
• Indiana
• Illinois
• Wisconsin
• Minnesota
• South DakotaSouth Dakota ( In Detail) (Full size) State nickname: The Mount Rushmore State Other U. States Capital Pierre Largest City Sioux Falls Governor Mike Rounds Area Total Land Water % water Ranked 17th 199,905 km² 196,735 km² 3,173 km² 1. 6% Population Total
• North DakotaNorth Dakota ( In Detail) ( In Detail) State nicknames: Peace Garden State ''Roughrider State ''Flickertail State Other U. States Capital Bismarck Largest City Fargo Governor John Hoeven Area Total Land Water % water Ranked 19th 183,272 km² 178,839 km² 4,
• MontanaAlternate meanings: See Montana (disambiguation Montana ( In Detail) (Full size) State nickname: Treasure State Other U. States Capital Helena Largest City Billings Governor Brian Schweitzer Area Total Land Water % water Ranked 4th 381,156 km²377,295 km²
• IdahoIdaho ( In Detail) (Full size) State nickname: Gem State Other U. States Capital Boise Largest City Boise Governor Dirk Kempthorne Area Total Land Water % water Ranked 14th 216,632 km²214,499 km² 2,133 km²1% Population Total ( 2000) Density Ranked 39th1,2
• WashingtonWashington is a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It should not be confused with Washington, DC, the nation's capital. To avoid confusion, the state is often called Washington state . Although the state capital is Olympia, the largest c

3 Historical Route Information

3.1 Old Route 12 in Michigan

Old U.S. 12 in Michigan runs from downtown Detroit to ChicagoThis article is about the city, for other uses of the term see Chicago (disambiguation : Hog butcher for the world,Tool maker, stacker of wheat,Player with railroads and the nation's freight handler;Stormy, husky, brawling,City of the big shoulders. Carl. It was replaced by Interstate 94 in 1952, and the state of Michigan re-routed the US 12 designation to the former route of U.S. Highway 112.

It was an old highway that ran through the middle of the major towns and cities of Michigan between Detroit and Chicago. In most cases the road is still there, and is named either " Michigan Avenue", "Old U.S. 12" or the "Red Arrow Highway", named after a World War I army division. You can still drive the highway from Belle Isle in Detroit all the way to The Magnificent Mile in Chicago. There are only a few places were you have to navigate around the new Interstate. The major break in Old U.S. 12 is in the middle of Michigan half way between the village of Parma and the city of Albion. It's at this point that I-94 cuts south a bit and bisects the old highway, forcing a motorist to navigate north on smaller roads.

The highway is considered an important historic road like Route 66. Some of it had been the original Territorial Road of Michigan laid out in the early 1800s.