Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge

The Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge spans the St. Marys River among america and Canada connecting the twin towns of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The bridge is operated via the International Bridge Administration beneath the course of the Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Authority, a bi-national governing body inclusive of 4 directors appointed through the Governor of Michigan and four appointed with the aid of the Canadian authorities-owned Federal Bridge Corporation. In 1954 the state of Michigan created the International Bridge Authority. Canada observed in 1955, creating the St.Mary's River Co. The bridge become opened in 1962.Beginning in 1987, an annual International Bridge Walk has been held on the final Saturday in June, beginning on the Michigan side, with members finishing in Ontario.

In 1975, the bridge had its 10 millionth crossing. On June 6, 2005, the Ontario government announced a production task to construct a devoted truck pass route to connect the bridge to Highway 17 in the north cease of the town. The city had lobbied for this for a while, since the bridge's terminus at a city street changed into considered by using many citizens of the metropolis as a safety issue, but the bridge terminus itself can not be without difficulty relocated due to the already exceptionally urbanized nature of the Sault, Ontario waterfront. The truck course, known as Carmen's Way in memory of the town's former federal MP Carmen Provenzano, changed into officially opened in September 2006.