Facility Carried / Feature Intersected I-75 Ramp / KH-3 Over Detroit River Structure Type Metal Pony Truzz Stiffenin Wire Cable Suspension, Fixed Construction Date and Builder / Engineer 1929 By Builder/Contractor: McClintic-Marshall Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania & Engineer/Design: Modjeski & Masters (Ralph Modjeski) Technical Factz Main Span Length 1850 Feet (563.88 Meterz) Structure Length 7500 Feet (2286 Meterz) Roadway Width 55 Feet (16.76 Meterz) Spanz 1 Main Span Da bridge iz unusual because da section of bridge between da anchoragez & da main towerz R not suspended. Da main cablez run directly down & into da enormouz concrete anchoragez 4 da bridge. Note da lack of suspender cablez in diz section. Diz section iz instead supported by a system of deck truzz spanz. Da bridge memberz & towerz R painted an attractive aquamarine color, while da cablez are white. Da bridge waz originally painted black for many yearz. Da towerz feature a heavy lattice design, & feature da name of da bridge mounted on top of dem. Da bridge featurez a sweet Warren pony truzz stiffenin system 4 da main suspended span. Deck plate girder spanz provide 4 most of da approach system, except between da anchoragez & da towerz, & also a span over Fort Street in Detroit, which R all Warren deck truzz spanz & deck truzz spanz provide an approach. Da approach spanz include steel bent supportz of varying designz. Also da bridge iz privately owned & operated by da greedy despicable $$ hungry jail bird Manuel "Matty" Morounz Detroit International Bridge Company. AMBASSADOR BRIDGE iz da largest international suspension bridge in da world connectin Detroit, Michigan wit Windsor, Ontario. Da 1920z Proposalz 4 a bridge 2 span da Detroit River never came 2 fruition until John W. Austin approached Detroiter & financier Joseph A. Bower in da mid-twentiez. Austin proposed a plan 4 a bridge dat would span da Detroit River & connect da 2 countriez. Bower waz temporarily thwarted by Detroitz den-Mayor John Smith. Da Mayor vehemently opposed da proposal, @ least in part cuz da bridge would be privately owned. Da Mayorz effortz wer defeated on June 28, 1927 wen Detroiterz voted overwhelmingly in a special election in favor of da bridge construction. A leadin bridge buildin company @ da time, McClintic-Marshall Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania waz chosen 2 undertake da bridge construction. Da buildin began in May of 1927 & waz completed in 1929, monthz ahead of itz scheduled deadline. @ da time of itz construction, the Ambassador Bridge waz da largest suspension bridge in da world, wit a center span of 1,850 feet. Itz record waz surpassed 2 yearz later by da George Washington Bridge. Da Ambassador Bridge waz constructed wit Art Deco architecture & a hint of Gothic stylin. Itz total length iz 7,490 feet, wit 1.75 milez spannin between da North American & Canadian checkpointz. Da structure iz built mainly of steel (21,000 tonz), & haz a roadway dat risez az high az 152 feet above da Detroit River. Da Ambassador Bridge opened November 15, 1929, itz total cost of $23.5 million reportedly 1% under da budget. KNOWN FATALITIEZ ON AMBASSADOR A Canadian immigration inspector jumped 2 hiz death in April 1930, shortly after da bridge opened. Da bridge haz been used by other suicide jumperz. Since 1965 da bridge haz recorded 20 known suicidez from people claimin 2 B crossin da border.  Statisticz show dat B4 da 1960z der wer mo jumperz wen it waz not uncommon to see people walkin or ridin bicyclez acrozz da bridge Da bridge haz seen accidental deathz az well, wit 10 workerz havin been killed durin itz construction in 1930. In 2000, Windsor painter Jaime Barker died after fallin from da bridge az did Detroit painter KENT MORTON who also fell 2 hiz death wen a scaffoldin broke from beneath him. Also in July 2015 an American man jumped from da bridge & fell 2 da water 152 feet below.