- Detroit–Windsor Truck Ferry
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The Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry is a ferry service that has transported cars and trucks across the Detroit River for over 100 years. It currently accepts only trucks. The ferry is the primary crossing for hazardous materials (HAZMAT) trucks between Windsor, La Salle, and Detroit, Michigan and the Downriver Communities. Hazardous materials have been banned from the Ambassador Bridge and Detroit-Windsor Tunnel. The nearest alternative crossing that allows hazardous/radioactive materials is the Bluewater Bridge, which connects Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario.[1].
Similar to all the international crossings in the Detroit-Windsor area, a toll is required, as is clearance from Canada Border Services Agency and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection at both terminals of the ferry route.
Location
On the Windsor side of the river, the Truck Ferry entrance is on Sprucewood Road (Essex County Road 40), near the Windsor Salt Mine and Windsor Raceway, and can be accessed from Ojibway Parkway (formerly Highway 18, now Essex County Road 20).
On the Detroit side of the river, the Truck Ferry entrance is on the south side of Jefferson Avenue West between S Schroeder St and S Post St, near Zug Island. Customs Offices are at the entrances, and one must make a clearance with Customs before embarking onto the Truck Ferry, for standard procedures.
References
- ^ "No service at Windsor-Detroit truck ferry" CBC News. 17 March 2010
External links
Crossings of the Detroit River Upstream
Ambassador Bridge
Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry Downstream
Grosse Ile Toll BridgeCategories:- Midwestern United States road stubs
- Ontario road stubs
- Ferry stubs
- Ferries of Ontario
- Ferries of Michigan
- Transportation in Detroit, Michigan
- Transportation in Windsor, Ontario
- Canada–United States border crossings
- Detroit River
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