Recent inspections did show "concerns about stress and fatigue" in aspects of the bridge but did not result in calls for immediate restrictions on the bridge, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said Thursday.

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If you limit the crossings to only those in the immediate Detroit area (Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel) then the Ambassador Bridge provides 97% of the truck traffic and 53% of the passenger traffic.

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But this bridge to nowhere economy, as some naysayers might call it, has one big immediate hurdle.

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These called for an immediate ceasefire, followed by a cooling-off period and a series of confidence-building measures to bridge the gap between the current violence and a resumption of long-term negotiations.

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Also, schools must bridge academic theory and current, real-world experience so students can hit the ground running, making immediate contributions to the organizations they join or ventures they launch.

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