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Historic Fort Wayne

A star-shaped 1840s fort on the river, the first stop off the bridge on the Detroit side.

The stone sally port tunnel into Historic Fort Wayne under a grassy earthwork
Photo: TracieMichelle, CC BY-SA 4.0

Built in the 1840s to guard the river against a British attack that never came, the fort served the U.S. Army from the Civil War to the Vietnam era. The stone walls and barracks are still here, a few minutes from the bridge path exit.