Originally Posted by [B
rfrost[/B]]I'm actually thinking of going to Detroit for a weekend in October for the ballet (no, not the Windsor company, but the Maryinsky.) About how far /long is the drive from the Detroit opera house to Birmingham or Dearborn? (Would be at night or on the weekend.) And from the opera house to DTW?
Downtown Detroit to the northern 'burbs ~25-30min
Dearborn ~15-20 min depending on where you are going from/to in DB.
Opera to DTW ~20-25 min
Times are approx given normal traffic. However, there is construction going on in Detroit on many roads so you might want to check out
http://mdotwas1.mdot.state.mi.us/public/LaneClosure/ before heading out anywhere.