Jan. 30, 1959: Construction begins on Detroit’s Chrysler Freeway

On this day in 1959, construction begins on the first segment of the $54 million Chrysler Freeway in Detroit.

The groundbreaking takes place on Hastings Street at Macomb, the heart of the city’s oldest black business and residential district.
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  Chrysler Freeway, construction, development, eminent domain, Hastings Street

Ken Coleman

Ken Coleman, the author of On this Day: African-American Life in Detroit, is a native Detroiter and former news reporter. He served on the Detroit Charter Revision Commission. He lives in Detroit with his wife, Kim Trent, and their son, Jackson Coleman.

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