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{{Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation route infobox
|route=494 Dequindre
|muni=Sterling Heights, Troy, Warren, Madison Heights, Hazel Park, Ferndale, Detroit
|type=<font color="#A3278C">'''Community Route'''</font>
|days=Monday-Saturday
|vehicleamount=2
|garage=[[Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation Oakland Terminal|Oakland]]
|ridership=643}}
'''494 Dequindre''' is a bus route operated by the [[Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation]] in metropolitan Detroit, Michigan, United States.

==Route Details==
[[Image:Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation routes 494 495 combined map (12-2011)-a.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The pre-2021 routing of route 494. This map also shows the pre-2017 routing of route [[Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation route 495 'John R'|495]].]]
This route services Dequindre Road between the Beaumont Hospital Troy campus and 8 Mile Road, 8 Mile Road between Dequindre Road and Woodward Avenue and Woodward Avenue between 8 Mile Road and the [[Detroit Department of Transportation State Fair Transit Center|State Fair Transit Center]].

===History===
*'''July 1, 1991''' - Route introduced, contracted to ATE Management & Services. Route runs between the State Fair Transit Center and the [[Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation Oakland Mall Hub|Oakland Mall Hub]] via Dequindre Road.
*'''June 9, 1994''' - SMART takes over operation after privatization costs are eliminated after ATE's drivers joined the Amalgamated.
*'''December 11, 1995''' - Northern end of the route is truncated to Dequindre Road and Metropolitan Parkway.
*'''January 4, 2021''' - Route extended north to the Beaumont Hospital Troy campus. Service through the Target shopping center at Metropolitan Parkway is discontinued.

===Headways===
Last updated: '''January 2, 2017'''
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class=sortable
!
!Frequency
!Buses Used
!First bus
!Last bus
!Notes
|- align="center"
|'''Weekday Peak'''
|45
|rowspan=3|2
|rowspan=3|5:58am
|rowspan=3|12:15am
|
|- align="center"
|'''Weekday Midday'''
|45
|
|- align="center"
|'''Weekday Evening'''
|45
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|- align="center"
|'''Saturday'''
|45
|2
|6:15am
|12:11am
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|- align="center"
|'''Sunday'''
|colspan=5|Route does not operate.
|}

{{Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation}}
[[Category:Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation routes|494]]