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Seaway Painting was awarded the Ambassador Bridge project in July 1999. The project was completed in November 2000, over one month ahead of schedule. In addition, this work was completed under budget. Paint job
spans nations The Ambassador Bridge, which joins Detroit and Canada, has been undergoing its first complete face-lift since it opened 68 years ago. The painting and stripping project, which began along the underside of the bridge on the American side almost two years ago, has gone all but unnoticed by most people until recently. Now the look of the structure has begun to change more dramatically, from the old black to a bright new teal green, as the painters move out over the water for the first time. Changes on the bridge will remain essentially invisible to the traffic passing over it because the side rails will remain black until they are replaced by new ones in coming years. The new paint job means all the old tourist color photos of the Detroit River with the bridge in the background will have to be retaken. But there's hardly any hurry to break out the cameras. Painting the 7,500-foot-long metal part of the bridge is expected to take another four or five years. The Detroit International Bridge Co. is spending about $20 million on the job, including payment for about 40,000 gallons of paint. It will be spread in three coats over the bridge's 1.7-million square feet, a surface equivalent to about 30 football fields. By whatever color, the bridge remains North America's busiest international border crossing, carrying more than 10 million trucks and cars annually. Business writer Barry Rohan can be reached at 1-313-222-8760.
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