Location: Charlevoix 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. 

Notes

This was in the middle of the MC's Benson Yard.

Time Line

1917. The MC 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 had 12 tracks.