View of Woodward Avenue under construction; two men stand at side of road. Utility poles in background. Typed on front: "Board of Wayne County Road Commissioners. Woodward Ave., first mile of concrete highway in U.S., bet. 6 & 7 Mile Roads. Left to right: Robt. D. Baker, contractor; Geo. A. Burley, Engineer. No. 21. Date: Spring 1909. Handwritten on back: "Showing concrete being laid between 6 & 7 Mile Roads, Spring, 1909. This was the first mile of concrete highway in the U.S."
