Coast Guard tells bridge company to halt work on second Detroit River span

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Tom Greenwood / The Detroit News

http://detnews.com/article/20090615/...oit-River-span

The United States Coast Guard today ordered the Detroit International Bridge Co. to halt work on building a second span of the Ambassador Bridge across the Detroit River.

In its ruling, the Coast Guard suspended the bridge company's bridge permit application process for the second span because of a "doubt of the right of the builder to construct and utilize a bridge."

According to the Coast Guard, the "[[bridge company) has yet to provide the Coast Guard with evidence that they have acquired the necessary property rights for Riverside Park from the city of Detroit to build the [[bridge) as described in their bridge permit application...."

The Coast Guard said that the bridge company's evaluation process must be halted until the issues are resolved to the satisfaction of the Coast Guard.