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==Infrastructure== ===Transportation=== The Blue Water Bridge links Sarnia and its neighbouring village of Point Edward to the city of Port Huron in the United States. It spans the St. Clair River, which connects Lake Huron to [[Lake Saint Clair (North America)|Lake St. Clair]]. The bridge's original three-lane span opened in 1938, was twinned on 22 July 1997,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,4616,7-151-9618_11070-22062--,00.html |title=Blue Water Bridge |publisher=Michigan Department of Transportation |access-date=27 March 2012}}</ref> making the bridge the fourth-busiest border crossing in Ontario.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bwba.org/bridgeinfo_e.html|title=Blue Water Bridge Canada: Bridge Information |publisher=Government of Canada |year=2008 |access-date=27 March 2012}}</ref> The Blue Water Bridge border crossing makes use of both the [[NEXUS]] and the [[Free and Secure Trade]] (FAST) program. Linking [[Ontario Highway 402|Highway 402]] with the American [[Interstate 94 in Michigan|Interstate 94]] (I-94) and [[Interstate 69 in Michigan|I-69]], the bridge forms part of the [[NAFTA Superhighway]]. It is one of the most important gateways on the north–south truck routes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.city.sarnia.on.ca/visit.asp?sectionid=433 |title=Transportation, City of Sarnia |publisher=City of Sarnia |date=22 June 2011 |access-date=12 April 2012 |archive-date=3 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103144917/http://www.city.sarnia.on.ca/visit.asp?sectionid=433 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Public transportation within the City of Sarnia, including conventional bus transit, transportation of people with disabilities, transportation support for major events, and charter services, is provided by [[Sarnia Transit]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sarnia Transit Information|url=http://www.city.sarnia.on.ca/pdf/Transit/MAPS%20SCHEDULES%20TIMETABLES/DetailedTimetable05.29.11.pdf|access-date=27 July 2013|archive-date=17 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417091612/http://www.city.sarnia.on.ca/pdf/Transit/MAPS%20SCHEDULES%20TIMETABLES/DetailedTimetable05.29.11.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sarnia Transit Implementation Plan for 2013/2014|url=http://www.city.sarnia.on.ca/visit.asp?sectionid=970|access-date=27 July 2013|year=2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030113/http://www.city.sarnia.on.ca/visit.asp?sectionid=970|url-status=dead}}</ref> From the city's local [[Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport]], [[Jazz (airline)|Jazz Aviation]] operated services to and from [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]] on behalf of [[Air Canada Express]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sarnia Flight Information|url=http://www.sarniaairport.com/index.php?page=flight-info|publisher=Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport|access-date=12 May 2018|archive-date=3 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403204028/http://sarniaairport.com/index.php?page=flight-info|url-status=dead}}</ref> For rail travel, Sarnia is one of the two western [[Terminal station|termini]], along with Windsor, of the [[Via Rail]] [[Quebec City – Windsor Corridor]]. It has service departing [[Sarnia railway station|Sarnia station]] in the morning and returning in the evening.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.viarail.ca/en/trains/ontario-and-quebec/toronto-sarnia/schedules |title= Toronto-Sarnia train: Schedules|publisher= Via Rail|access-date=24 October 2011}}</ref> ===Health care=== Sarnia is served by Bluewater Health, a hospital with 188 acute care beds, 70 complex continuing care beds and 27 rehabilitation beds.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bluewaterhealth.ca/hospitalbeds |title=Bluewater Health-Hospital Beds |year=2011 |publisher=Bluewater Health |access-date=15 April 2012 |archive-date=2 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502143649/http://www.bluewaterhealth.ca/hospitalbeds |url-status=dead }}</ref> The hospital opened in 2010, following the amalgamation of several smaller facilities and the destruction of the old hospital on Mitton Street.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bluewaterhealth.ca/ceeh |title=Our History |publisher=Bluewater Health |year=2011 |access-date=15 April 2012 |archive-date=2 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502143946/http://www.bluewaterhealth.ca/ceeh |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="theobserver1">{{cite web |url=http://www.theobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2641476 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115152634/http://www.theobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2641476 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 January 2013 |title=See Sarnia's new hospital |author=Cathy Dobson |work=The Sarnia Observer |date=25 June 2010 |access-date=15 April 2012 }}</ref>
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