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==Route Details==
==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]].]]
[[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 Metropolitan Parkway between the Sterling Heights Metropolitan Parkway Target store and Dequindre Road, Dequindre Road between Metropolitan Parkway 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]].
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===
===History===
*'''July 1, 1991''' - Route introduced, contracted to ATE Management & Services.
*'''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.
*'''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.
*'''January 4, 2021''' - Route extended north to the Beaumont Hospital Troy campus. Service through the Target shopping center at Metropolitan Parkway is discontinued.


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