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Detroit's New Bridge Is Going Nowhere

A local billionaire is bent on keeping control of Detroit's main connection to Canada, even if he has to stall the development of a new one indefinitely
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Eighty-two years ago, officials from Canada and the United States met at the center of the just-finished Ambassador Bridge, celebrating a new border crossing between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.

Soaring over the Detroit River, the bridge became a symbol of the two automotive cities. It has carried millions of vacationers south, and gamblers to the cities’ casinos. The bridge has appeared in videos by Eminem and Canada’s Sam Roberts Band.