Blue Water Bridge Crossing Summary Blue Water Bridge Crossings 180 170 Outbound 160 150 Inbound 140 The Blue Water Bridge connects Port Huron, Michigan with Point Edward and 130 Sarnia, Ontario and crosses the Saint Clair River. The bridge is near the 120 110 intersection of I-94 and I-69 in the U.S., connecting with Detroit and Flint, 100 Michigan and Chicago, Illinois. In Canada, the bridge connects with Highway 90 80 402, a major highway that connects to Highway 401 in London, Ontario, which 70 60 extends from Detroit, Michigan through Toronto, Ontario and into the Eastern 50 Provinces. The bridge facilitates the movement of many commodities between 40

Volume Per Lane Per Hour 30 the U.S. and Canada, with the automotive and agricultural industries the most 20 notable. 10 0

0 102030405060708090100110120 The Blue Water Bridge comprises two spans, each with three lanes. The original Time in Minutes bridge, built in 1938, was refurbished in 1999 and handles westbound traffic into the U.S. The second span, opened in 1997, handles outbound traffic into Canada. Typical Inbound Traffic The bridge is open for both passenger and commercial vehicle traffic 24 hours a No Delay Travel Time = 8.67 minutes day. The bridge is unique in that it is not jointly owned by entities on both sides but, rather, the U.S. side of the bridge is owned by the State of Michigan and Travel Time Volume per Booth Open Booths operated by the Michigan Department of Transportation and the Canadian side is 100 4 owned and operated by the Blue Water Bridge Authority. 90 80 3 70 60 50 2 40 30 1 20 Average Travel Time

Crossing Times 10 Number of Open Booths Average Hourly Volume and 0 0 Average 95th Baseline Crossing Percentile Buffer Buffer 1PM - 2PM2PM - 3PM3PM - 4PM4PM - 5PM5PM - 6PM6PM - 7PM7PM - 8PM8PM - 9PM 1 2 3 4 5 9AM - 10AM 12PM - 1PM 9PM - 10PM Time Time Time Time Index 10AM - 11AM11AM - 12PM Outbound 5.0 6.2 9.1 2.9 46.8 Inbound 11.1 34.2 80.3 46.1 134.8

1 Typical Outbound Traffic Notes: Baseline time (in minutes) to travel the study distance (between the starting point in the No Delay Travel Time = 4.80 minutes exporting country and the initial inspection point in the importing country) in free-flow traffic conditions. Travel Time Volume per Booth Open Booths 2Average crossing time (in minutes) to travel the study distance. 100 5 3Time (in minutes) for 95 percent of trucks to travel the study distance. 90 80 4 4 th Time (in minutes) between the average time and the 95 percentile time for trucks to 70 travel the study distance. This is the "extra time" that must be budgeted to cross the 60 3 border relative to the average time. 50 5 40 2 Buffer time necessary expressed as a percentage of average time. This is the extra 30 percentage of average time that must be budgeted to cross the border. 20 1 Average Travel Time

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1PM - 2PM2PM - 3PM3PM - 4PM4PM - 5PM5PM - 6PM6PM - 7PM7PM - 8PM8PM - 9PM 9AM - 10AM 12PM - 1PM 9PM - 10PM 10AM - 11AM11AM - 12PM FY 2001 Border Crossing Site Overview April 2002