Detroit Builds Gateway Link Inspired by Super Bowl.

The article reports that Michigan officials are hoping a nearly completed $14-million bridge will brighten tourists' impressions of Detroit as they travel from the airport to Super Bowl XL in February 2006. The twin tied-arch steel spans, designed by Chicago, Illinois-based Alfred Benesch & Co. last year, feature two large blue ovals augmented with more ovals that are supposed to evoke footballs. The exterior arch lengths are 355 ft, while the interior arches are 305 ft. The bridge is part of a larger $55-million project to improve I-94 between Detroit Airport and downtown.