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Monument Road. The US purchased 12,580 square feet of land on the south side of Monument Road on May 25, 1932, and spent $5,625 to erect a red brick border station, which saw little traffic. This crossing was about 2000 feet north of Monument #1, which marks the beginning of the land border between the US and Canada.
In 1966 the new U.S. Interstate Highway System brought official status to most previously unofficial routes in the lower 48 states. The Pan-American Highway[ a ] is a network of roads stretching across the Americas, measuring about 30,000 kilometres (19,000 mi) [ 1 ] in total length.
Depth of tunnel below water level. 45 feet (14 m) The Detroit–Windsor tunnel (French: tunnel de Détroit-Windsor), also known as the Detroit–Canada tunnel,[2] is an international highway tunnel connecting the cities of Detroit, Michigan, United States and Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is the second-busiest crossing between the United States ...
The Canada–United States border is the longest international border in the world. [a] The boundary (including boundaries in the Great Lakes, Atlantic, and Pacific coasts) is 8,891 km (5,525 mi) long. The land border has two sections: Canada's border with the contiguous United States to its south, and with the U.S. state of Alaska to its west.
When the United States approached Canada again in February 1936, the Canadian government refused to commit to spending money on a road connecting the United States. The Canadians also worried about the military implications, fearing that in a war between Japan and North America, the United States would use the road to prevent Canadian neutrality.
The Pacific Highway Border Crossing connects the city of Blaine, Washington and the city of Surrey, British Columbia on the Canada–US border. Interstate 5 /Washington State Route 543 on the American side joins British Columbia Highway 15 on the Canadian side. Since the 1970s, commercial vehicles driving directly between Blaine and Surrey have ...
NAFTA superhighway. The NAFTA superhighway[1][2] is a term sometimes used informally to refer to certain existing and proposed highways intended to link Canada, Mexico, and the United States. [3][4][5] Although the term has not been used publicly by governments in an official policy context, there are some dissident beliefs about this ...
The Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge is the tenth-busiest passenger crossing on the Canada–United States border, and the only land crossing for almost 700 miles (1125 km). [3] It serves as the northern terminus of Interstate 75 (I-75). The bridge construction began in 1960 and officially opened to traffic on October 31, 1962. [4]