The Blue Water Bridges are a major international
crossing over the St. Clair river at the southern end
of Lake Huron. Located between Port Huron, Michigan
and Point Edward, Ontario connecting both Interstate
94 and Interstate 69 with Highway 402 it is one of
the fastest links between the Midwest and Ontario as
well as the Northeast United States. The Blue
Water Bridge crossing is a large complex consisting
of toll and inspection plazas on each side of the border
where you pay for your crossing and interact with the
inspection agencies such as Immigration or Customs. Our
crossing consists of two unique bridges, the Original
Blue Water Bridge, opened in 1938 and renovated in
1999 is a three lane west bound bridge. The Second
Blue Water Bridge, which carries three lanes of east
bound traffic, is an impressive modern bridge opened
in 1997. State of the art facilities make the
Blue Water Bridge crossing one of the smoothest and
most modern crossings in the world.
[source: Michigan Department of
Transport]
A second span was completed and opened
in 1997 with the original span - built in 1938 - redecked,
refurbished and reopened in 1999. Now, this major international
facility is an even more efficient trade link, with
one, three-lane span each for eastbound and westbound
traffic.
On each side of the bridge are a number of facilities
including Currency Exchange and Duty Free Shops.
Westbound into Port Huron, Michigan, commercial traffic
is directly accessible to the major interstate freeways
I-94 and I-69. These two freeways link directly into
the industrial heartland of Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky
and the Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana and beyond.
Eastbound into Point Edward/Sarnia, commercial traffic
flows directly onto the four-lane divided Highway 402
and then onto Ontario's major east-west throughway,
Highway 401.
Quite simply, the Blue Water Bridge is the quickest,
most efficient route between Toronto, Chicago, and
beyond.
With modern facilities on both sides of the border,
the bridge will continue to attract more commercial
traffic, including tour buses.
[source: Blue Water Bridge Authority]
Visit the Blue
Water Bridge Authority Web Site 
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