RIDE ALONG AMBASSADOR BRIDGE Windsor Detroit May 2019
No trains but ride along with me over the Ambassador Bridge from Windsor to Detroit on May 3 and back from Detroit to Windsor 5 days later on May 7th. Same wet weather coming and going.
Ambassador bridge from Detroit MI to Windsor ON
Border crossing from the US into Canada, Detroit - Windsor
Ambassador bridge from Windsor ON to Detroit MI
Crossing into the US from Canada, Windsor-Detroit border
Ambassador Bridge filmed with DJI Phantom 2 Drone, Part 2 (connects Detroit, USA to Windsor, Canada)
Bird's eye view of the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Detroit, MI USA to Windsor, Ontario Canada. This footage was shot from the Canadian side of the bridge, as seen from the DJI Phantom 2 Drone.
The bridge is owned by Matty Maroun, the billionaire owner of CenTra, Inc and the Michigan Central Train Station in Detroit, MI.
The footage was filmed on Sept 7, 2014 via...
- DJI Phantom 2 Quad Copter (drone)
- Zenmuse H3-3D Gimbal
- GoPro Hero3+ Black Edition camera
- DJI Mini iOSD Telemetry
- Immersion RC 600mW FPV video transmitter
- Clover Leaf Circular Polarized video antennas
- 7 LCD Video Receiver / Monitor
- Stock DJI Phantom 2 controller
The Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit Michigan United States with Windsor Ontario Canada
The Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit Michigan United States with Windsor Ontario Canada
The Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit Michigan United States with Windsor Ontario Canada
The Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit Michigan United States with Windsor Ontario Canada
Ambassador Bridge: Ride on Detroit River USA / Canada, 08/14/2016.
Ambassador Bridge: Ride on Detroit River USA / Canada, 08/14/2016.
Ambassador Bridge Detroit - REAL USA BTS
On our recent video shoot in the city of Detroit, Michigan we, among other things, got a little lost, but every cloud has a silver lining and we came into perfect view of the Ambassador Bridge spanning the Detroit River between Windsor, Ontario, Canada and Detroit, Michigan, USA. So in the spirit of keeping it REAL we jumped out and shot this short video to share on Behind The Scenes (BTS).
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The Ambassador Bridge. Detroit, Michigan
Windsor border, Detroit, Michigan, United States, North America
The Detroit–Windsor region is a transborder agglomeration comprising the American city of Detroit, Michigan, the Canadian city of Windsor, Ontario and the Detroit River between them. The Detroit–Windsor area acts as a critical commercial link straddling the Canada–United States border and has a total population of about 5,700,000. It is North America's largest cross-border conurbation. Quebec City–Windsor Corridor contains 18 million people, with 51% of the Canadian population and three out of the four largest metropolitan areas, according to the 2001 Census. The Detroit–Windsor area covers the southeastern Michigan counties of St. Clair, Macomb, Lapeer, Genesee, Livingston, Oakland, Washtenaw, Monroe and Wayne; the Southern Ontario City of Windsor and counties of Essex, Lambton, and Kent; and the northwest Ohio counties of Lucas (which includes the City of Toledo), Fulton, Wood, Ottawa, and Sandusky. The Detroit–Windsor region is not recognized formally as a single metropolitan area by either the U.S. or Canadian government. If it were, the region would be the eighth most populous urban region in North America. Nevertheless, the communities have been historically tied by several partnerships and agreements, including the Detroit and Windsor Tunnel Corporation, the firm that is owned equally by the City of Detroit and City of Windsor and operates the tunnel. The cities are historically linked through the rise of the auto industry in both countries due to the U.S.-Canadian Auto Pact in the 1960s, and share geopolitical concerns affecting transportation and shared resources, such as the Detroit River. Many federal, state and provincial bi-national agreements affecting trade and border security also link the region. Today, increasing governmental co-operation is being formalized. On June 15, 2012, the construction of a new bridge between Windsor and Detroit was announced in the two cities by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Transport Minister Denis Lebel and Michigan Governor Rick Snyder. The bridge announcement was a long-anticipated formalization of a new partnership between Canada and Michigan, with Canada paying the entire Michigan share of the new bridge, including a new interchange with Interstate-75. The joint Royal Canadian Mounted Police and U.S. Coast Guard Shiprider program of marine border security are examples. The increasing interdependence of Detroit–Windsor was recognized by U.S. regional business and government in 2007 when Windsor Mayor Eddie Francis was invited to take part in, and speak at, the annual Mackinac Policy Conference, a committee of regional business and political leaders, developed to address the economic and quality of life issues that matter most to Southeast Michigan. Detroit is home to the Big Three automobile companies. As a result, Windsor is home to the Chrysler Canada Headquarters and car plants for two of the Big Three. While the inner city of Detroit has experienced economic difficulties over the years, the affluent suburbs are magnets for immigrants, wealth, and population growth. Windsor's economy is reliant on the automotive industry, but has diversified. As an example, Caesars Windsor casino, the largest in Canada, attracts visitors from the Metro Detroit region. In fact, Kwame Kilpatrick stated that Detroit is transitioning from a manufacturing economy to a casino economy in his re-election campaign. Moreover, Windsor's economy has continued to diversify with several hundred green-energy jobs having been created as of June 2011. More capital investment in the city is expected, especially in the aerospace and air cargo industry. Windsor Airport is currently undergoing a major expansion, with an aircraft maintenance and repair hangar being constructed, as well as cargo facilities for air to rail/road transport. Many people commute across the Detroit–Windsor International border daily. Professions identified in the 1988 Free Trade Act are permitted TN Visas for legal work in the United States and Canada. As an example, over 5,000 Windsor residents work in the healthcare industry in Metro Detroit; as such, the industry is one of Windsor's largest indirect employers. One of the largest U.S. law firms, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone P.L.C., has offices in both Windsor and Detroit. 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. With many new businesses in the suburbs, the region is competitive in emerging technologies including biotechnology, nanotechnology, information technology, and hydrogen fuel cell development.
DETROIT MEGA PROJECT - Gordie Howe Bridge - Tunnels - Bridges - DELRAY
The biggest project ever in the history of DETROIT – the GORDIE HOWE INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE - has gotten closer to getting off the drawing boards into the realm of reality. In fact, the project has started despite the rancour between Canada and the USA of NAFTA and other negatives vibes sent by the Trump administration towards Canada.
The Gordie Howe International Bridge is a project to build a cable-stayed bridge and border crossing across the Detroit River. The crossing will connect Detroit and Windsor by linking Interstate 75 and Interstate 96 in Michigan with the new extension of Highway 401 (called the Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway) in Ontario. This route will provide uninterrupted traffic flow, as opposed to the current configuration with the nearby Ambassador Bridge, which connects to city streets on the Canadian side. The bridge will be named after Floral, Saskatchewan born Canadian ice hockey player Gordie Howe, who was best known for his tenure with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League.
First proposed in 2004, the project was met with prominent opposition by Ambassador Bridge owner Manuel Moroun, who believed that competition from a publicly owned bridge would reduce his revenue. A Canadian federal Crown corporation, the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority, was established in 2012 to coordinate construction and management of the bridge. The project was approved by the United States government in April 2013. The following month, the Canadian government allocated $25 million to begin land acquisition on the Detroit side.
The project is underway, preparing the site for construction on both sides of the river and over $350 million has been spent on the project.[6] In May 2018, the Ambassador Bridge owner failed in its appeal to stop expropriations in the Delray neighbourhood. Bridge construction started. The Bridging North America consortium was selected on July 5, 2018 to build the bridge. Minor construction will start in July 2018 and major construction in the fall of 2018.[8] Workers broke ground on July 17, 2018.
Delray is a neighborhood and former incorporated village, located on the southwest side of Detroit, Michigan. It is isolated from other areas of Detroit by industrial warehouses and Interstate 75 (I-75). As a neighborhood, Delray has no legally defined boundaries, but its area usually extends south to the River Rouge, east to the Detroit River, west to M-85 (Fort Street) and I-75, and north to Dragoon Street at Fort Wayne or sometimes further north to Clark Street.
In 1930, Delray had approximately 23,000 residents. As of the 2010 Census, the two tracts that cover the area had a population of 2,783, a 33% decrease in population from the 2000 Census. Residents have relocated over the years due to the increased industrialization of the neighborhood. Much of Delray consists of riverfront industries, interspersed with residential properties, mostly single-family and duplexhouses. Due to this high level of disrepair, in 2007, the Detroit Metro Times described Delray as the closest thing to a ghost town within a city.
The Detroit–Windsor Tunnel (French: Tunnel Detroit-Windsor), also known as the Detroit-Canada Tunnel,[1]is a highway tunnel connecting Detroit, Michigan, in the United States, with Windsor, Ontario, in Canada. It is the second busiest crossing between the United States and Canada.
The Detroit–Windsor Tunnel was completed in 1930. It was the third underwater vehicular tunnel constructed in the United States,[7] following the Holland Tunnel, between Jersey City, New Jersey, and downtown Manhattan, New York, and the Posey Tube, between Oakland and Alameda, California.
Its creation followed the opening of cross-border rail freight tunnels including the St. Clair Tunnel between Port Huron, Michigan, and Sarnia, Ontario, in 1891 and the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel between Detroit and Windsor in 1910.
The Ambassador Bridge is a suspension bridge that connects Detroit, Michigan, United States, with Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is the busiest international border crossing in North America in terms of trade volume: more than 25% of all merchandise trade between the United States and Canada crosses the toll bridge. A 2004 Border Transportation Partnership study showed that 150,000 jobs in the region and US$13 billion in annual production depend on the Detroit–Windsor international border crossing.
The bridge is owned by Grosse Pointe billionaire Manuel Moroun through the Detroit International Bridge Company in the United States and the Canadian Transit Company in Canada.[5] In 1979, when the previous owners of the bridge put it on the New York Stock Exchange and shares were traded, Moroun was able to buy shares, eventually acquiring the bridge.
62. Windsor, Ontario, Canada - Detroit, Michigan, USA - Ambassador Bridge
From my video archive in Canada
Ambassador Bridge Enhancement Project US version
Animated fly-through of proposed international bridge corridor between US and Canada.
Rainy Drive to Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. from Windsor, Ontario, Canada through Ambassador Bridge
#Summer2019 #Drive #Detroit #Michigan #AmbassadorBridge
Crossing from US to Canada via the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit Part 1
Crossing from US to Canada via the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit
Ambassador Bridge- US and Canada border
entering US at detroit michigan from canada at windsor, ontario through Ambassador Bridge
Me Crossing Detroit Ambassador Bridge USA To Canada
Me driving over the Ambassador bridge from Detroit into Canada. You have two choices either way - The Ambassador Bridge or the Detroit/Windsor tunnel - I chose the bridge this time - I drove under the tunnel a couple of times and I always see water because of minor leeks in the system - the tunnel is made under the river so its almost impossible to stop all leaks - Hence I mostly take the bridge although I am somewhat Acrophobic (afraid of heights ).
The Ambassador Bridge. Detroit, Michigan, Windsor, Ontario
DRIVING DETROIT: AMBASSADOR BRIDGE TO GM RENCEN
The best way to see a city is on foot but if you can't do that than do what most people do - that a drive. This drive approaches downtown Detroit from the west meaning the Ambassador Bridge. The drive is along W.Fort Street to Congress. Then Congress south to Jefferson Avenue to the GM Renaissance Centre.This drive from the west side show the lunch bucket aspect of Detroit as it is not overly spectacular. A lot of the area is industrial or has been razed down to grassland due to abandonment of buildings in the economic crisis.
The Ambassador Bridge (French: Pont Ambassadeur) is a suspension bridge that connects Detroit, Michigan, United States, with Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is the busiest international border crossing in North America in terms of trade volume: more than 25% of all merchandise trade between the United States and Canada crosses the toll bridge. A 2004 Border Transportation Partnership study showed that 150,000 jobs in the region and US$13 billion in annual production depend on the Detroit–Windsor international border crossing. The bridge is owned by Grosse Pointe billionaire Manuel Moroun through the Detroit International Bridge Company in the United States[ and the Canadian Transit Company in Canada.[5] In 1979, when the previous owners of the bridge put it on the New York Stock Exchange and shares were traded, Moroun was able to buy shares, eventually acquiring the bridge.[6][7] The bridge carries 60 to 70 percent of commercial truck traffic in the region. Moroun also owns the Ammex Detroit Duty Free Stores at both the bridge and the tunnel.
Highlights of the drive are:
Dertoit Free Press
The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, US. The Sunday edition is titled the Sunday Free Press. It is sometimes referred to as the Freep (reflected in the paper's web address, freep.com). It primarily serves Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Livingston, Washtenaw, and Monroe counties.
The Free Press is also the largest city newspaper owned by Gannett, which also publishes USA Today. The Free Press has received ten Pulitzer Prizes[ and four Emmy Awards. Its motto is On Guard for 187 Years.
In 2018, the Detroit Free Press has received two Salute to Excellence awards from the National Association of Black Journalists.
Griswold Street
Driving through the Financial District of Detroit.
The Detroit Financial District is a United States historic district in downtown Detroit, Michigan. The district was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on December 14, 2009, and was announced as the featured listing in the National Park Service's weekly list of December 24, 2009.[3]
It includes 33 buildings, two sites, and one other object that are deemed to be contributing to the historic character of the district, and also three non-contributing buildings.
The American Institute of Architects describes Detroit's Financial District as one of the city's highest concentrations of quality commercial architecture. According to the National Park Service:
From the 1850s to the 1970s the Financial District in downtown Detroit was the financial and office heart of the city, and it stills retains an important banking and office presence today. Banks began to locate along Jefferson Avenue in the Griswold and Shelby streets area in the 1830s. Substantial office buildings, often containing banks in their street levels, began to line Griswold in the 1850s. Detroit's massive early twentieth-century auto industry-related growth and economic boom resulted in large-scale redevelopment of the area between 1900 and 1930, and another wave of development took place in the 1950s and early 1960s. The Financial District continues today to be an important financial and office district in Detroit.[5]
In the new millennium, the 47-story Penobscot Building stands at the center of the district as a state of the art class-A office tower and serves as a hub for the city's wireless Internet zone and fiber-optic communication network. Other major class-A office renovations include the Chrysler House and the Guardian Building, a National Historic Landmark.The Financial District is served by the Detroit People Mover and QLine light rail. Viewed from the International Riverfront, the district is bordered on the left by the 150 West Jefferson skyscraper which replaced the Detroit Stock Exchange Building and on the right by the One Woodward Avenue skyscraper.
Drone views of the Ambassador Bridge
A quick sweep of the Ambassador Bridge from Detroit to Windsor, Ontario, Canada and back again. Fun time! I do not own any rights to the music playing during this video.