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Ambassador Bridge
Photos
Ambassador Bridge from Windsor
Used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation license.
Photo taken by Patrick Falk
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BH Photo #120800
Facts
- Overview
- Wire suspension bridge over Detroit River on US I-96 and Canada 3 in Windsor, Ontario Canada and Detroit
- Location
- Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
- Status
- Open to traffic
- Future prospects
- Slated for replacement and demolition, per permit issued by Canadian Government.
- History
- Built 1927-1928; New Plaza 2008
- Builders
- - McClintic-Marshall Co. of Chicago, Illinois & Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Ralph Modjeski of Bochnia, Poland
- Design
- Wire suspension
- Dimensions
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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)
- Quadrangle map:
- Detroit
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 80004793 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 37149 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 25, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- September 12, 2019: New photo from Jann Mayer
- September 7, 2017: Updated by Nathan Holth: This nationally significant landmark bridge is now doomed.
- May 26, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Ralph Modjeski"
- June 11, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
- November 22, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
- August 12, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning
Sources
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- Wikipedia
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Geoff Hubbs
- Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Nathan Holth
- Jann Mayer - jannmayer [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
Ambassador Bridge
Here is an article I came across today about this bridge and it's future.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Ambassador-Bridge-future-cnnm-...
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One of the most significant historic bridges in North America is now slated for demolition, thanks to owner Matty Moroun (aka Matty Moron) who in unprecidented stupidity still seeks to replace (rather than rehab) this bridge despite the fact that he lost the battle to prevent construction of the competing Gordie Howe Bridge downstream. The better solution would be rehab of this bridge for continued vehicular use which will be much less busy after the Gordie Howe Bridge is completed. So the fate of this bridge may be determined by a bitter, greedy old man. http://www.freep.com/story/money/2017/09/06/moroun-canada-br...