8 Mile didn't become developed/urbanized land until the post WWII era.
It was the original Hall Road.
Plus, 8 Mile is similar to many other commercial thoroughfares in the tri-county area with similar widths and medians [[such as Fort Street and Telegraph Road), though it does feature the famous power line in it's median.
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