The goal of the Ambassador Bridge Gateway project is to make connections -- country to country and neighborhood to neighborhood.  When the project is completed, visitors, commuters and residents from both sides of the borders can expect to enjoy:

• better traffic flow to the Ambassador Bridge
• a new freeway interchange that will provide better access to the bridge and the city
• less traffic congestion and safer access to Detroit's Mexicantown
• safe and easy access to Michigan's only International Welcome Center and Mercado 
• new landscaping and lighting for the project area

Three phases have already been completed including:

1. Rehabilitation of Fort Street from Clark Street to Rosa Parks Boulevard
2. Reconstruction of the West Grand Boulevard Bridges over I-75
3. Reconstruction of the I-96/I-75 southbound service drive and the I-96 off-ramp from Vernor Highway to Michigan Avenue.

Phase four began in the summer of 2007 and includes:

• Construction of a Bagley Avenue pedestrian bridge
• I-75 freeway reconstruction from Clark Street to 14th Street
• I-96 freeway reconstruction from I-75 to Warren Avenue
• New ramps between the freeway and the proposed Ambassador Bridge Plaza for autos and trucks
• New ramps between the freeway and Vernor Highway for Mexicantown and local community
• Reconstruction and rehabilitation of over 20 bridges on I-75 and I-96
• Soundwall along southbound I-75 between Hubbard and West Grand Boulevard
  

All roads are expected to be open to traffic by December 2009; landscaping and clean-up will continue in 2010.