Currently run by Severn River Crossing Plc, the bridge will return to public ownership when the firm has collected a fixed sum of money from tolls, expected to be around 2017.

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In fact, just upstream from where the Detroit River International Crossing is to be built, stands the Ambassador Bridge completed in 1929.

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This new International Bridge is more than just a new and better means of crossing a river.

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