Uniroyal Giant Tire
The Uniroyal Giant Tire was created by the United States Rubber Company for the 1964 New York World's Fair, where it functioned as a Ferris wheel. Since 1966 it has been a static display alongside Interstate 94 in Allen Park, Michigan, United States between the Southfield Freeway interchange and Outer Drive overpass.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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- Type: Work of art
- Description: American roadside attraction
- Also known as: “Uniroyal Tire (World’s Largest Tire)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Melvindale High School and Fairlane Green.
Melvindale High School
School
Melvindale High School is a public school located in Allen Park, Michigan, which is in the Downriver area. This school is offered to students that are in grades 9-12. Melvindale High School is situated 1,700 feet northeast of Uniroyal Giant Tire.
Fairlane Green
Commercial area
Fairlane Green also known as "The Hill", is a power center in the United States city of Allen Park, Michigan. It is built on top of a former landfill and was opened to the public in stages in the mid-2000s. Fairlane Green is situated 1 mile north of Uniroyal Giant Tire.
Lincoln Park Shopping Center
Commercial area
Photo: Dethistoricaler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lincoln Park Shopping Center was a shopping center located at the corner of Southfield Road and Dix Highway, mostly in Lincoln Park, Michigan, though a portion containing a former Farmer Jack supermarket and a former Wendy's restaurant lay in neighboring Allen Park. Lincoln Park Shopping Center is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Uniroyal Giant Tire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Melvindale and Lincoln Park.
Melvindale
Photo: Rmhermen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Melvindale is a city in Wayne County of the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, the city population was 12,851.
Lincoln Park
Town
Lincoln Park is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, Lincoln Park had a population of 40,245. Lincoln Park is the second most-densely populated municipality in the state after Hamtramck. Lincoln Park is situated 2 miles southeast of Uniroyal Giant Tire.
Springwells Park Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Springwells Park Historic District is a historic residential neighborhood located in Dearborn, Michigan and bounded by Rotunda Drive, the Michigan Central Railroad line, and Greenfield and Eastham Roads. Springwells Park Historic District is situated 2½ miles north of Uniroyal Giant Tire.
Uniroyal Giant Tire
- Categories: Ferris wheel, roadside attraction, physical sign, and tourism
- Location: Allen Park, Wayne County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.27052° or 42° 16′ 14″ northLongitude
-83.20901° or 83° 12′ 32″ westOpen location code
86JR7QCR+69OpenStreetMap ID
node 2177195823OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkWikidata ID
Q7886992
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In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“Uniroyal Giant Tire” goes by many names.
- German: “Uniroyal-Riesenreifen”
- Spanish: “UNIROYAL”
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