SPIN Magazine; fans coming to the D "over the bridge from Oakland County"

[FlyingJ]

I think this writer has got Detroit confused with San Francisco;
http://www.spin.com/articles/stone-t...gn=spintwitter

[d'oh]

That overpass/hill thing at Woodward and 8 Mile, maybe he's referring to that as a "bridge"...

[rb336]

Makes you wonder if the guy was even here

[Lowell]

Oakland County is another country, afterall. Isn't that right L Brooks? What next, passports and visas to cross Eight Mile?

[Detroitnerd]

That overpass/hill thing at Woodward and 8 Mile, maybe he's referring to that as a "bridge"...

Yes. And the symbolism of MDOT erecting a massive bridge at Eight Mile isn't lost on me.

[ferntruth]

Yes. And the symbolism of MDOT erecting a massive bridge at Eight Mile isn't lost on me.

Despite Ferndale [[and I believe Detroit as well) asking them not to rebuild the bridge, but to instead redevelop it as an intersection. But hey, let's not do what the surrounding communities want, MDOT knows all apparently.