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Ambassador Bridge

Wayne County, Michigan
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Ambassador Bridge from Windsor

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Overview
Wire suspension bridge over Detroit River on US I-96 and Canada 3 in Windsor, Ontario Canada and Detroit
Location
Canada, Wayne County, Michigan
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1927-1928; New Plaza 2008
Builder
- McClintic-Marshall Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Design
Wire suspension
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 1,850.0 ft.
Total length: 7,500.0 ft. (1.4 mi.)
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 1980
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.31450, -83.07580   (decimal degrees)
42°18'52" N, 83°04'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/328932/4686782 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Detroit
Inventory numbers
NRHP 80004793 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 37149 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1929 (670)
Built during 1920s (7,031)
Canada (4)
Detroit, Michigan (6)
International Border Crossing (11)
McClintic-Marshall Co. (18)
Michigan (609)
NR-listed (2,353)
Ontario (3)
 Open (28,293)
Over a mile long (192)
Owned privately (541)
Span length over 1000 feet (105)
Suspension (278)
Total length over 2500 feet (587)
Wayne County, Michigan (41)
Windsor, Canada (2)

Update Log 

  • August 12, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

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Ambassador Bridge
Posted July 6, 2010, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Here is an article I came across today about this bridge and it's future.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Ambassador-Bridge-future-cnnm-795528376.html?x=0