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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]
E-ZPass is an electronic toll collection system used on toll roads, toll bridges, and toll tunnels in the Eastern, Midwestern, and Southeastern United States.The E-ZPass Interagency Group (IAG) consists of member agencies in several states, which use the same technology and allow travelers to use the same transponder on toll roads throughout the network.
The tunnel is the second-busiest crossing between the United States and Canada after the nearby Ambassador Bridge. A 2004 Border Transportation Partnership study showed that 150,000 jobs in the region and $13 billion (U.S.) in annual production depend on the Windsor-Detroit international border crossing. [ 19 ]
[a] The authority collects a toll from traffic that crosses the bridge, [16] which as of January 1, 2012, is $4 for passenger cars and $5 per axle for commercial vehicles and motorhomes. [17] In addition to cash, the MBA offers a pre-paid debit card option for the payment of tolls [18] and accepts credit cards at the toll booths. [19]
It also claims that toll payers, not taxpayers, will be paying for the bridge. The MDOT has also claimed that both the DRIC and the Ambassador Bridge would make money if the new span is built.
An estimated $8.7 million in suspected cocaine was found in duct-taped boxes inside a truck preparing to cross the Ambassador Bridge when the driver tried to take off after being told to pull over ...
Cash only, the last privately-owned toll bridge on the Delaware Easton–Phillipsburg Toll Bridge: Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission: US 22: 1,020.0 310.9 Pay-by-Plate or E-ZPass (Toll westbound only) Interstate 78 Toll Bridge: I-78: 1,220.0 371.9 Milford–Montague Toll Bridge: US 206: 1,150.0 350.5 Pay-by-Plate or E-ZPass (Toll ...
The Port Authority's proposed increase of 63 cents would affect users of the GW Bridge, the Holland and Lincoln tunnels and other bridges. Toll hikes of 3.7% planned for NJ bridge and tunnel ...