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The Ambassador Bridge company fought so fiercely the release of an annual engineer's inspection report it was bound to get huge media attention when it was released today by veteran Michigan congressman John Dingell. Two courts had rejected the bridge company's efforts to invoke national security and proprietary data to keep under wraps the report by wellknown bridge engineers Modjeski & Masters.

Detroit International Bridge Company (DIBC) owners of the Ambassador Bridge, Detroit-Windsor have filed suit to prevent Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) from releasing an annual safety and condition report.  They claim in the suit filed in US District Court in Detroit that release of the report would: