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On 2025-06-19 1:21 PM, danny burstein wrote:
In <1031g9t$dvf$2@dont-email.me> Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> writes:
[snip[
Certain border crossing points are also surprising. Windsor and Detroit
are separated by a river that basically runs north-south so when you
cross the border on either of the bridges or the tunnel, you are
travelling east to west when going from Windsor to Detroit, not
north-south as you would expect.
"either of the bridges"????? Counting the days until Gordie Howe opens...
My mistake, I thought the Gordie Howe bridge had already opened.
I've written to both the Ottowa minister
of highwys (or whatever his title is...)
and to the bridge authority office in
the States begging them to activate
the LEDs and have them display:
In <1031k1k$dvf$3@dont-email.me> Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> writes:
On 2025-06-19 1:21 PM, danny burstein wrote:
In <1031g9t$dvf$2@dont-email.me> Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> writes:
[snip[
Certain border crossing points are also surprising. Windsor and Detroit >>>> are separated by a river that basically runs north-south so when you
cross the border on either of the bridges or the tunnel, you are
travelling east to west when going from Windsor to Detroit, not
north-south as you would expect.
"either of the bridges"????? Counting the days until Gordie Howe opens...
My mistake, I thought the Gordie Howe bridge had already opened.
There are a bunch of overhead signs on Canada's (?401?) highway
approaching Windsor which are a combination of sheet metal on
the left and LED displays on the right.
The printed side says (roughly, and in both English
and French [I'm just doing English])
"Time to crossings:
"Tunnel:
"Ambassador Bridge:
"Gordie Howe Bridge:"
And the LED side would have,
to just make up an example,
"10 minutes
"12 minutes
"11 minutes"
Right now (well, a few weeks ago...) the
illuminted side simply said "testing".
I've written to both the Ottowa minister
of highwys (or whatever his title is...)
and to the bridge authority office in
the States begging them to activate
the LEDs and have them display:
"10 minutes
"12 minutes
"six months"
Got a boiler plate response from the
bridge folk that they'd consider it.
Nothing back from the Canadian minister...
In <1031mj1$dnk$1@reader2.panix.com> danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> writes:
[snip]
I've written to both the Ottowa minister
of highwys (or whatever his title is...)
and to the bridge authority office in
the States begging them to activate
the LEDs and have them display:
here's the letter I sent the Canadian minister.
Afraid I can't attach the image.
=====
While traveling across the 401 earlier this month we saw a sign,
image attached, which will soon be giving delays at the border
via the bridges (plural!!!) and tunnel between Windsor and Detroit.
When we saw the "Gordie Howe" listing, we smiled as this was yet
another indication the bridge will soon be here.
Well, the current schedule is September, 2025. Which is still a long
way off, but construction is definitely proceeding.
Hence, might I make a suggestion which will certainly draw smiles
from travelers: As soon as the sign is operational, activate it
with (as example): "via tunnel: 15 minutes".
"Ambassador Bridge: 20 minutes".
And finally: "Gordie Howe Bridge: 8 months!: (I'd recommend
the exclamation point).
Thank you for your attention. Sincerely,
Roads and highways are a matter for the provincial government in
Toronto, not the federal government in Ottawa. Mind you, there must be
*some* federal involvement in the Gordie Howe bridge since it is a
border crossing but I doubt it extends to signage....