Larry Busacca/WireImageA Detroit politician wants to honor the late Aretha Franklin by renaming a portion of a Michigan highway after her.
State Representative Fred Durhal III proposed that the section of highway M-10 from 8 Mile to Interstate 94, known as Lodge Freeway, be renamed the Aretha Franklin Memorial Highway, according to the Detroit Free Press. It is located near the New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit where The Queen of Soul’s late father, Rev. C.L. Franklin, served as pastor.
“The Lodge Freeway was close to her stomping grounds,” Durhall said. “Her father’s church is in my district and so she was a staple in the community.
