a new ambassador in Detroit

Good news, and a whiz-bang animation to go with it (link in the center of their homepage). The Ambassador Bridge in Detroit will indeed be 'twinned' by the current owner. Other ideas had included new state-and-federally-built bridges in a few different locations, most of them well south of the existing crossing, requiring a number of huge changes to the existing communities and highway infrastructure.

I'm not convinced another bridge is needed, but as the plan stands, the new one will replace the existing except in times of very high traffic, when it can be opened to the overflow. I think this is the best solution to what in the short term is probably a non-issue; does anyone without a vested interest in a new bridge really expect cross-border traffic to increase greatly over the next 5-10 years?

Side note: The Ambassador Bridge is the only privately-owned bridge on a US border, and it handles more traffic than almost every other crossing, bridge or not.