Jefferson Avenue - Rouge River

Next up was the town of Rouge River which oddly enough crosses the River Rouge. River Rouge is definately a much more industrial town than many of the towns I passed through today. It is pretty much covered with steel mills and other types of factories. I kind of which I would have stopped by one called the Alkali Factory. Oh well.
I think my surprise of the day was seeing the Cason Callaway unloading at one of the docks. Especially since the bridge that crosses the River was so close. I don't think I will get a view like this for a while.

I know I say this alot but it bears repeating, I do like the lines of the lake freighters. I really like the reflection in the water in this picture.

I got to get multiple angles of the ship.

Almost a head on bow shot.

I think I like this one the best.

The bridge that crosses the River. Like many of the things along this part of Jefferson, it has seen better days.

As I was taking pictures of the ship, I heard a train whistle and got to get this shot.

Jefferson Avenue - Ecorse

Next up was the town of Ecorse. This was a little more blue collar than Wyandotte. The road was a little rougher from the truck traffic.This was Saint Francis Xavier Church.
And an overall shot of the front.

Jefferson Avenue - Wyandotte

Next on my tour was the town of Wyandotte. It looked alot nicer than Trenton. It was a little more residential and probably more decidedly Middle Class. Jefferson Avenue turns into Biddle Avenue through Wyandotte. I think it's name changed back at the border.Wyandotte is the proper name for the Huron Tribe. This is a totem pole which I thought was pretty neat.

I think if I were hungrier, I would have stopped here.

One of the buildings that I like are churches. Although this one didn't seem special.

This was at a pretty nice little park in Wyandotte.

I thought this memorial was pretty cool. It had a likeness of a Purple Heart on the base. The Purple Heart is the oldest medal in the United States and is awarded to military people that are wounded or killed in combat. It has a likeness of George Washington on it.

This was part of a World War I memorial.

Jefferson Avenue - Grosse Ile

Grosse Ile isn't actually on Jefferson Avenue as it is an island that is in the Detroit River. The name is French for large island. From what I could tell, it looked like a pretty nice area but I didn't wander around all that much.
The island is connected to the mainland by two bridges. This one was the smaller of the two and wasn't a toll bridge. It is a swing bridge and swings open when a boat needs to pass.

The other bridge is longer and is a toll bridge. This one is at the eastern end of the island.

I think this one looks a little neater and it reminds me of one of the bridges that used to be in Bay City. From the sign, it was built in 1913.

Just another view of the bridge.

Jefferson Avenue - Trenton

In this trip, I didn't take pictures of everything I thought was interesting, so there might be some breaks. Compound that with the fact that I don't remember the names of all the towns on the way, but this will give you an idea.
Next up on my tour was Trenton. A shot of the Trenton Power Plant. Once, I started to get to the towns, Jefferson started to get alot more industrial. There were many factories, steel mills, power plants, etc.

The Trenton Police Station.

Jefferson Avenue - The Start

After the fire of 1806, Judge Augustus Woodward laid out new plans for the City of Detroit. The main roads of Detroit would radiate out like the spokes of a wheel. Running North and South was Woodward. Running roughly to the Southwest was Michigan Avenue. Running roughly to the Northeast was Gratiot. The main East-West Road was Jefferson Avenue. There is a point of origin at Campus Martius, but I didn't take a picture of it today.

Jefferson Avenue starts roughly near a town called Estral Beach. There wasn't really much to see there.
Across the river from Estral Beach stands Fermi 2 nuclear power station. It is named after noted nuclear physicist Enrico Fermi. Fermi 1 became operational in 1963 but it suffered a partial meltdown in 1966 that it never really recovered from and was officially shutdown in 1975. Fermi 2 became operational in 1988. There was a brief incident where a tornado touched down near it but the plant sustained no damage.

This was a little closer to where Jefferson Avenue starts. It splits off from the Dixie Highway and heads up into Detroit.

I kind of liked this horse farm.

It also had donkeys.

I like the contrast of the horse and nuclear cooling tower.

Jefferson Avenue also crosses the mouth of the Huron River. One of these days, I might follow Huron River Drive from the origin of the river to this point. Might be interesting.

It wasn't a particularly nice park though.