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Ferry owner backs Detroit River bridge

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Published July 25, 2014 5:17pm ET
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Ferry owner backs Detroit River bridge
In this July 14, 2014 photo, Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry owner Gregg Ward rides on the truck ferry across the Detroit River in Detroit. For two decades, Gregg Ward and his father, John Ward, have run a plucky, small but important freight operation, carrying trucks with hazardous or oversized cargo banned from the Ambassador Bridge by law. (AP Photo/Detroit News, Robin Buckson) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT | Robin Buckson

DETROIT (AP) — In the shadow of the mighty Ambassador Bridge, Gregg Ward operates the little ferry that could.

For two decades, he and his father, John Ward, have run a plucky, small but important freight operation, carrying trucks with hazardous or oversized cargo banned from the Ambassador Bridge by law.

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