The road was constructed starting in the 1920s to provide traffic relief to Gratiot Avenue, which was the main route between Detroit and Mt.

This ceremony also dedicated the entire roadway in the former governor's honor after sections were named for another politician by the state.

It continues north on Hoover until it turns onto Groesbeck Highway, just one block south of M-102/8 Mile Road.

Between this intersection and Harrington Street, Groesbeck Highway curves around to the north, crossing the Clinton River and the railroad then entering Mt.

The northern terminus is on the Clinton Township–Macomb Township line northwest of Selfridge Field, an Air National Guard facility on Lake St. Clair.

This resolution authorized the construction of a new roadway 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Gratiot Avenue to relieve traffic traveling between Detroit and Mt.

The roadway was named in honor of Governor Groesbeck, a Macomb County native and former state attorney general.

The highway was incomplete when Groesbeck left office at the end of 1926, leaving the final paving undone.

The former governor was on hand for the ribbon cutting ceremony which renamed the highway north of Hoover Avenue.