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Bikes allowed on Detroit-Windsor bridge?
Are bicycles allowed to ride across the bridge from Detroit to Windsor?
Some friends of mine want us to circum-navigate Lake Erie. If anyone here has done this I'd love to hear any suggestions for fully-loaded touring of this route. Thanks for your help. |
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Bikes allowed on Detroit-Windsor bridge?
Here's some out of date info. A colleague and I crossed that bridge in 1994
en route from Cambridge, MA to Chicago/Milwaukee. The state highway map said we could cross the bridge but it was wrong; they had just recently started banning bicycles. But traffic has to stop, and that provides a good hitch-hiking opportunity; we got a ride very quickly. In subsequent trips across the international bridge at Port Huron, and across the Mackinac bridge, the state provided pick up truck transportation; I paid nothing at Port Huron, and the auto toll on the Mackinac. FWIW, bikes were still allowed to cross at Sault Ste. Marie as of 2002, if Lake Huron is to your taste. I've biked around Lakes Michigan, Superior and Huron on separate trips. In a sense, I did Lake Erie; i.e. the south side in 1968 (!), and the north side and Niagara Falls on the 1994 trip, but was only near the lake shore in 1968 on the Buffalo - Cleveland segment. The least used of the bridges at Niagara Falls permitted bikes, at least as of 1994. I can post trip reports if you're interested. "Bruce W.1" wrote in message news Are bicycles allowed to ride across the bridge from Detroit to Windsor? Some friends of mine want us to circum-navigate Lake Erie. If anyone here has done this I'd love to hear any suggestions for fully-loaded touring of this route. Thanks for your help. |
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Bikes allowed on Detroit-Windsor bridge?
Ron Wallenfang wrote:
the north side and Niagara Falls on the 1994 trip, but was only near the lake shore in 1968 on the Buffalo - Cleveland segment. The least used of the bridges at Niagara Falls permitted bikes, at least as of 1994. I can post trip reports if you're interest Slightly more recently, probably about 1996 I rode across both Kingston-Lewiston(sp) Bridge and Peace Bridge from Niagara Falls, NY to Niagara Falls, On (US-Ca) and back. At that time customs on both sides were quite friendly to cyclists. -- Mike Vore 2007 Photo Calendar with Scenes along the NCR and York Heritage Trails: http://www.lulu.com/ohmywoodness/400827 |
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Bikes allowed on Detroit-Windsor bridge?
Ron Wallenfang wrote: deleted I can post trip reports if you're interested. How about on http://www.crazyguyonabike.com ? |
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Bikes allowed on Detroit-Windsor bridge?
Kristian wrote:
In article , The Ambassador Bridge? No. http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9615_11223-22759--,00.html I'm not sure about the tunnel, but I doubt you'd /want/ to bike there. You might want to consider taking a ferry across instead: http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9615_11223-87866--,00.html Whatever information this was intended to provide (page won't load) is probably outdated; there are no ferry docks in Detroit or Windsor and no boat service. Cycling is not allowed in the tunnel. Just wait by a toll booth, stick your thumb out The rules were changing, and our (Mich) secretary of state was lobbying the Feds to exclude us from the passport requirement. (Crossing the border has not been a big deal until, well, about 5 years ago. Some commute daily!) You may need a passport to make your crossings uneventful. HTH --Karen D. now on the other side of the state |
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Bikes allowed on Detroit-Windsor bridge?
"Bruce W.1" wrote in newsb2Ng.136$GR.122
@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net: Are bicycles allowed to ride across the bridge from Detroit to Windsor? Some friends of mine want us to circum-navigate Lake Erie. If anyone here has done this I'd love to hear any suggestions for fully-loaded touring of this route. No. Bicycles and pedestrians are prohibited from crossing either the Ambassador Bridge or the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel. However... Transit Windsor operates an international bus that runs the tunnel AND has bike racks on their low-floor buses. So you and your bike can board a bus in either city (there are multiple stops in both -- the Tunnel Bus is big for moving people between casinos in Detroit and Casino Windsor) and be hauled across the border. Not sure what it costs currently to make the trip, but there's info at Transit Windsor's Bike Rack page: http://www.citywindsor.ca/001310.asp, including links to schedules and route maps. |
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Bikes allowed on Detroit-Windsor bridge?
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says... However... Transit Windsor operates an international bus that runs the tunnel AND has bike racks on their low-floor buses. So you and your bike can board a bus in either city (there are multiple stops in both -- the Tunnel Bus is big for moving people between casinos in Detroit and Casino Windsor) and be hauled across the border. From the Transit Windsor page: "Travelling Across The Border: * Due to licensing regulations bike racks cannot be deployed during tunnel bus services, including transportation to Comerica Park or Ford Field. Persons may disassemble their bike and board the bus with it in a bike bag. Note: If bus is full, bringing the bike bag on board is at the discretion of the driver." -- __o Kristian Zoerhoff _'\(,_ (_)/ (_) |
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Bikes allowed on Detroit-Windsor bridge?
Last time I went to Windsor I had one of those strange brain burps:
At the tunnel entrance, a sign listed the prices. $1.75 US, $2.50 Cdn. Once in the great white south (Detroit is north of Windsor!) I saw a sign delinating mph in US and kph Cdn. I was probably listening to CKLW so they were giving the temperature in F and C degrees. Then I saw a sign with Windsor's population (about 200,000) and my poor addled brain tried to transpose that into US! D'oh. --Karen D. |
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Bikes allowed on Detroit-Windsor bridge?
Kristian M Zoerhoff wrote in
Doh! That was a total brainfart. And must be some new regulation (thanks, again, stupid terrorists). I know lots of folks have used the racks in the past. But then they also used to be able to ride across. Oh, well. One more reason to give up on crossing the border... .net: In article , says... However... Transit Windsor operates an international bus that runs the tunnel AND has bike racks on their low-floor buses. So you and your bike can board a bus in either city (there are multiple stops in both -- the Tunnel Bus is big for moving people between casinos in Detroit and Casino Windsor) and be hauled across the border. From the Transit Windsor page: "Travelling Across The Border: * Due to licensing regulations bike racks cannot be deployed during tunnel bus services, including transportation to Comerica Park or Ford Field. Persons may disassemble their bike and board the bus with it in a bike bag. Note: If bus is full, bringing the bike bag on board is at the discretion of the driver." |
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