Another postcard view of the proposed international bridge. This one is more of a sketch than the last one which was a colourized version of this drawing. A neat view, and a postcard version I’ve never seen before.
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Richard, I doubt there was many stop lights on that stretch in 1965. That would have been a good time (in hindsight) to make it a highway. It doesn't matter whose fault it is (Sandwich West, Windsor, The Province of Ontario) the fact is, that it wasn't done, and it should have been. It's really quite simple, the 401 should lead right to the footings of the Ambassador bridge, so I guess that falls on the Province. This isn't a developer whose plan didn't come to be, this is vital infrastructure. It only makes sense to link major highways (401, and later EC Row) directly to an international border crossing, if plausible...and it was. Doing the same for the tunnel just doesn't work for Windsor, although Detroit managed to do so, (in the '60s, I believe).
Ontario/Windsor could have done it in the '60s, or the '70s, or the '80s, or even the '90s or aughts. I think the only reason they didn't is that the bridge was privately owned, which shouldn't have happened in the first place, if you ask me.
Uzzy.. Google calls it a highway....it is a highway. You're confusing the term highway with, alternately, expressway or freeway.
I wouldn't call it a highway because of all the lights and commercial establishments you can find along the stretch. A proper highway would be uninterrupted until it reached the toll.
Then, it should be an extension of the McDonald-Cartier Freeway and not the "highway" that it is today.
Jim, that's what I mean. That's what they have on the US side. That's how the Blue Water Bridge is on the US side, as well. I've never crossed into the US on the Blue Water Bridge, so I don't know really know what we have on the Canadian side, there.
This road vs highway matter calls for a referendum.
Uzzy the entrance at Sarnia is a highway entrance just like the American entrances at both bridges. It seems like Windsor is alone with their unique take on bridge entrances.