Pont Ambassadeur

The bridge Ambassadeur ( Ambassador Bridge in English) is a Suspended bridge which connects the Ville S of Détroit in the Michigan (the United States) and Windsor in the Ontario (Canada) passing to the top of the Rivière Strait. (The two cities are also connected by the Tunnel of Strait-Windsor, under the river.) Conceived by the McClintic-Marshall company, it was built between 1927 and 1929.

The bridge had the greatest central scale of the world when during its construction in 1929, with 564 meters. The overall length of bridge is of 2.286 meters. The roadway rises with 46 meters above the river.

The bridge is a mixture of architectural designs of Art déco and Modern art, with a also little Gothic architecture . It is made mainly in Acier however, the two principal towers on each side of the river are made of a Alliage of steel Silicium, supported by pillars of Béton.

The bridge is the international passage more borrowed in North America in terms of volume of exchange: more than 25% of all the trade between the United States and Canada borrows it. The bridge has four ways and he door sees passing more than 10.000 vehicles each day.

In period of alarm of safety (for example at the time of terrorist threats proven or not), the tails of trucks can often reach 13 kilometers length, and little time after the Attentats of September 11th, 2001, the tail of the trucks was of more than 34 kilometers on the highway 401.

Because of the volume of extremely high traffic, the governments American and Canadian jointly examine proposals for the construction of a second bridge to cross the river, in the south of the Ambassador.

The bridge is a private bridge, pertaining to the International Detroit Bridge Co , company of the local billionaire Manuel " Matty" Moroun.

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