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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]
The Ambassador Bridge is the busiest crossing on the Canada–United States border, [6] [7] with nearly 25% of U.S.–Canada border crossings by trucks using the bridge. [8] [7] The bridge has been criticized for its monopoly status (as no trucks are permitted to use the tunnel), private ownership by billionaire Manuel Moroun and poor ...
The only east–west crossing between Western Canada and the contiguous US, the border crossing is staffed remotely by both countries. Travelers are directed to video telephones 12.5 km (7.8 mi) from the border in Angle Inlet, Minnesota to contact the Canadian or U.S. border agencies to make their declarations.
A 2004 Border Transportation Partnership study showed that 257,000 jobs in Michigan and $13 billion in annual production depend on the Detroit–Windsor international border crossing. [8] With many new businesses in the suburbs, the region is competitive in emerging technologies including biotechnology , nanotechnology , information technology ...
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The Detroit-Windsor Bridge may refer to: Ambassador Bridge , privately owned crossing operating since 1929 between I-75 in Detroit and Ontario Highway 3 in downtown Windsor Gordie Howe International Bridge , Detroit River crossing under construction between Detroit and Windsor
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