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Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press November 11, 2024 at 1:57 PM A Canadian border officer died by suicide over the weekend, officials confirmed Monday after an investigation.
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]
Named for Canadian hockey player Gordie Howe, who spent 25 seasons with the Detroit Red Wings, the bridge will provide another link between one of the busiest points on the U.S.-Canadian border.
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 ...
A judge on Friday ordered protesters at the Ambassador Bridge over the U.S.-Canadian border to end the 5-day-old blockade that has disrupted the flow of goods between the two countries and forced ...
The Michigan Central Railway Tunnel is a railroad tunnel under the Detroit River connecting Detroit, Michigan, in the United States with Windsor, Ontario, in Canada. The U.S. entrance is south of Porter and Vermont streets near Rosa Parks Boulevard. The Canadian entrance is south of Wyandotte Street West between Cameron and Wellington Avenues.
[2] [3] The bridge, which Moroun purchased from the Bower family in 1979, is one of the few privately owned border crossings between the United States and Canada. [4] The bridge is now estimated to be worth between $1.5 and $3 billion. [5] CenTra, Inc. is also the controlling body of Central Transport International, an LTL trucking carrier. [6]
A second bridge connecting Detroit and Canada over the Detroit River won't open for travel until fall 2025, months later than anticipated, officials said Thursday. Officials cited construction ...