Location: Mack Avenue Crossing, Detroit, MI (MC Belt/DSR)

This is the grade crossing of the Detroit Street Railway Gratiot Avenue line and the Michigan Central Belt Line on the near east side of the City of Detroit. 

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Time Line

1889. November 3. At 8 o'clock yesterday morning an electric car of the East Detroit & Grosse Pointe railroad while attempting to cross the Mack road crossing of the MC belt line was struck by a locomotive and thrown off the track, almost completely demolishing it. The motorman was also somewhat injured. The several passengers who were in the electric car were thoroughly shaken up and bruised. [DFP-1889-1103]

1917. The GTW had a crossing leverman here. [TRT]

1935. This interlocking tower was discontinued. The MC automated six Belt Line/DSR railroad crossings by installing combination automatic interlockings which were also connected to street crossing signals. [RSE-1936-02] The DSR had two tracks on Gratiot at this time, the MC Belt was double track.

1951. The interlocking at this location was discontinued in April, 1951. [GTWHS-2023-F/JH]