Once upon a time, South Cameron Ave. ran all the way Tecumseh Rd. near the Michigan Central Train Station to Howard Avenue and Kenilworth Race Track. South Cameron hugged the rail line the entire way. Interesting to note, that Grand Marais also crossed the tracks back then too.
Today carved up by the Expressway and shopping plazas, the road terminates at Dougall and picks up again behind the roundhouse centre for a short distance. The line in red shows the original path of the road, overlaid on a current aerial view.
Looking at the view in Google Earth, it appeared that part of the road might still be in existence in the area between Dougall and the Expressway. A line of telephone poles in a parking lot mark the route of the old road.
An old sign frame on the pole, this probably once held a speed limit sign.
Slightly overgrown, and chopped off my the expressway, there was still a concrete road there.
Far from anything that would need it, a lamppost sits in the middle of some overgrown brush.
Concrete curbs mark the driveway to something long gone. This was near the light, maybe it was once a gas station?
Another view of the light.
A final view of the ghost road. As I’ve said before, more history right under our noses.
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PLEASE...Can anyone identify the building that's in the background of the photo with the caption that reads "an old sign frame on the pole, this probably once held a speed limit sign" ??? Also the building on the left, in the distance, at the end of the road ???
thanks
Annie, that building in the background is the back of the Canadian Wholesale Club and UHaul on Grand Marais W.
whats up this site rocks I came upon it a few yrs ago and its only gotten better,im curious as to where this pond is for the golf course on oulette,i think I see greens in the big open tree'd lot
Yeah the pond is right in the middle of the empty lot. It has trees around it. If you look on google earth you can still see it. My friends and I used to play the course a couple of times a week when we were about 8-9 years old. It was a par 3 and great for kids. The driving range was right where the super store is now. I think the first and ninth hole were on the west side of Ouellette and 2-8 were on the east side of the road. We always walked across the busy, busy road with our clubs. It was very dangerous. My wife and I were driving over the overpass last week and I showed here where the course was and how we used to cut across. She said it is a wonder no one was killed crossing the road.
Duncan posted this in another thread about Dougall super highway. If you follow Ouellette you can see the overpass and the old Woodall's par 3 and driving range. I spent many days here when I was young. Zoom in and you can get a pretty good view of it. I remember the big red and white bullseye target at the back of the range. http://141.217.90.50/photos/part2/wayne/1967/4583-2069.pdf