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The Ambassador Bridge is an international suspension bridge across the Detroit River that connects Detroit, Michigan, United States, with Windsor, Ontario, Canada.Opened in 1929, the toll bridge is the busiest international border crossing in North America in terms of trade volume, carrying more than 25% of all merchandise trade between the United States and Canada by value. [3]
It will have the longest main span of any cable-stayed bridge in North America at 853 m (2,800 ft), with a total bridge length of 2.5 km (1.6 mi). [72] At the highest point above the Detroit River, the bridge will be 46 m (151 ft) above the water. [71] The bridge will have six lanes for automotive traffic, and a bicycle and walking path. [71]
In 2009, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) sued Moroun and the Detroit International Bridge Company, for failing to comply with the terms of a contract to construct ramps connecting the Ambassador Bridge to nearby I-75 and I-96 freeways as part of the Gateway Project. In February 2010, Wayne County Circuit Judge Prentis Edwards ...
Two months ago, Canadian officials took matters into their own hands and offered to loan Michigan $550 million to start construction on a new bridge a couple of miles downriver from the Ambassador ...
Detroit police and fire officials aren't concerned about allowing hazardous materials to cross Ambassador Bridge. Ambassador Bridge seeks expanded ability to allow across flammable, corrosive ...
The man, identified as a contractor who was working on the Ambassador Bridge, was rescued Wednesday by a crew aboard a Detroit mail delivery boat. “The force of the impact had ripped most of his ...
The Detroit-Windsor border is the site of the trucker protest over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in Canada that closed the Ambassador Bridge.
The Detroit International Riverfront is a tourist attraction and landmark of Detroit, Michigan, extending from the Ambassador Bridge in the west to Belle Isle in the east, for a total of 5.5 miles (8.8 kilometers) along the Detroit River.