They Call Them Blue
The "Blue Water Bridge", a 1938 international bridge between Port Huron, Michigan and Point Edward, Ontario, Canada, is actually two bridges.
The first bridge, built in 1938, is a "Cantilever Truss Bridge". It was built high enough to allow commercial freighters and military vessels to pass beneath, and was 6178 feet (1883m) in length.
Eventually, the bridge was accessed by three major highways, and the traffic became too heavy, so a second bridge was built in 1997 alongside the first bridge, allowing one-way traffic on each bridge. The new bridge was a "continuous bowspring arch" bridge built to look similar to the first bridge.
The bridges are jointly owned by Canada and the US.
They Call Them Blue
The "Blue Water Bridge", a 1938 international bridge between Port Huron, Michigan and Point Edward, Ontario, Canada, is actually two bridges.
The first bridge, built in 1938, is a "Cantilever Truss Bridge". It was built high enough to allow commercial freighters and military vessels to pass beneath, and was 6178 feet (1883m) in length.
Eventually, the bridge was accessed by three major highways, and the traffic became too heavy, so a second bridge was built in 1997 alongside the first bridge, allowing one-way traffic on each bridge. The new bridge was a "continuous bowspring arch" bridge built to look similar to the first bridge.
The bridges are jointly owned by Canada and the US.