An oldie but a goodie here today. An early rendering of the proposed Detroit-Windsor bridge that didn’t happen. Charles Evan Fowler an engineer from New York came up with this proposal, but he was unable to raise the funds needed to make this happen. This plan had traffic, pedestrians and streetcars above, and rail lines under the main roadway.
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I don't know about that Rob. Seems like a tall tail.
200+ would have been major news.
That's a good looking rendering, but let's not forget the Ambassador is a fine looking bridge in its own right.
Nice lattice ironwork. Very reminiscent of the Manhattan Bridge in NYC:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Bridge
Just found some interesting video of the building the Ambassador Bridge.
part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clcQk76-N2k
part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNpt0BUe0Q4
part 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-I_jDfrBnk
part 4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwwRoKezt8M
Part 5 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o-nKLZK7HA
Part 6 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TAlS-FLzo0