DETROIT – The owner of the Ambassador Bridge linking Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, says it has received Canadian approval to build a six-lane span next to the existing bridge.
Detroit International Bridge Co. Vice Chairman Matthew Moroun issued a statement Wednesday saying it has received the final permit needed for the new span. The company obtained U.S. permits last year.
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It estimates the privately funded project to build the 2,190-foot, cable-stayed bridge over the Detroit River will cost a total of $1 billion, half of which already has been spent.
Detroit International Bridge Co. so far has been unsuccessful in suing to stop the future construction of a competing project, the Gordie Howe International Bridge about 2 miles downstream from the Ambassador Bridge.