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When was the first painted line on roads?

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    The world’s first painted road centerline was created in Michigan.

    In 1911, Wayne County’s legendary road commissioner Edward N. Hines had an idea after seeing a leaky milk wagon leave a white trail down a Detroit street. If a milk drip could make a line… why not paint one to keep drivers in their lane?

    Michigan first tested it on a dangerous curve along River Road near Trenton and Wyandotte — and the world copied it.

    By the 1920s, Michigan was also helping pioneer the rules: dashed lines for passing, solid lines for no-passing, and the combinations we still use today.
     
    Backwoods Savage, Dec 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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    And in 1912 the first dead racoon got painted over...:rofl: :lol:
     
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    And in 1913, Michigan started it's first road repair construction and men have been standing on the side of the highway ever since....

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    Isn't Michigan also credited with the first stop sign in the U.S. ????
     
    yooperdave, Dec 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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