How much is the pay bridge to Grosse Ile?
The one-way toll for crossing the bridge is $2.50 (if cash is used), or $2.00 (if a “Bridge Pass” is used).
Do you have to pay to get on Grosse Ile?
The Grosse Ile Parkway Bridge is a free bridge owned and operated by Wayne County, and when open, handles 75% of the traffic to the 10,000-person island. The Grosse Ile Toll Bridge was built in 1913 and tolls are $5 cash or $7 credit card for most vehicles to enter.
Does the Grosse Ile Toll Bridge take card?
General Rules on Payment of the User Fee Toll Fare Bridge Passes are available for all vehicle classes except Class 2 (vehicles with trailers pay with cash or credit card).
Is Grosse Ile Toll Bridge Open?
The county-owned Grosse Ile Parkway Bridge has been closed for repairs since May 6, 2020. In February, the county commission approved a $9.3 million contract for emergency rehabilitation work on the parkway bridge. Repairs are expected to be completed in December.
Where is the Grosse Ile Toll Bridge?
Grosse Ile Township
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How long is the Grosse Ile free bridge?
1350 feet
This bridge was the last through truss swing bridge to be constructed in Michigan. It has ten steel girder spans, each 118 feet long, and a single camelback through truss swing span 340 feet in length, yielding a total length of 1350 feet.
How old is Grosse Ile free bridge?
The county-owned bridge was built for railroad use in 1873, but opened for vehicular traffic in 1932. It was reconstructed in 2007. The bridge, which handles 75% of the traffic to the 10,000-person island, was closed in May 2020 after a November 2019 inspection revealed the need for emergency decking repairs.
How long is the free bridge?
This bridge was the last through truss swing bridge to be constructed in Michigan. It has ten steel girder spans, each 118 feet long, and a single camelback through truss swing span 340 feet in length, yielding a total length of 1350 feet.
When did the Grosse Ile Bridge close?
November 13, 2019
The bridge was closed on November 13, 2019 after township officials learned a report on a safety inspection of the bridge conducted three months earlier found deterioration that “caused some alarm,” according to one official.
Who owns Grosse Ile pay bridge?
Paul Smoke
Paul Smoke — owner of Grosse Ile Bridge Company, the sole open bridge — said one driver fed up with the gridlock deliberately ran into a bridge worker, injuring the worker. And it’s only the first week.