Why Does the Packard Plant Have a Bridge Anyhow?

The Packard bridge today.

You may have seen the news that the developer who hopes to renovate the decrepit Packard plant site on Detroit’s east side has covered the factory’s signature bridge over East Grand Blvd in a scrim that reproduces the look of the bridge during the plant’s heyday in the 1930s. I’m sure that you’ve seen dozens of photos of one of Detroit’s more notorious landmarks, but have you ever wondered just why a car factory had a bridge?

That bridge was actually part of Packard’s assembly line.

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  • Bd2 Let's Go Brandon!
  • JMII Given the number of minor fender benders I see due to people rear ending others I am all for emergency braking via some kind of foward collision sensor. Speeding, tailgating, or messing with phones / screens the majority of accidents I see I just people plowing into others. If front collision braking was mandatory in all cars such accidents would be reduced. Is the tech perfect? No... but human drivers can't seem to pay attention so I guess the car has to do that job now. Humans had their chance but they are just too easily distracted behind the wheel. Both my mother and my wife have been rear ended thru no fault of their own so I'll admit some basis here. In my mother's case it took her several months to recover.
  • Zipper69 " including numerous examples of the Cybertruck"I could only see four in the lead photo, but they are kinda anonymous from above...
  • FreedMike These were great cars, but I don't think they're particularly novel or collectible. You can get a newer beater for that money that'd be easier to keep fixed.Good to see these soldiering on, though.
  • Funky D The only piece of technology introduced in the last 10 years that is actually useful is the backup camera. Get rid of the rest. All I want is a car with that and phone connectivity and zero driving nannies.