Work on the Gordie Howe International Bridge is expected to finish this year. Financed entirely by the Canadian government, the new border crossing is eagerly awaited in both Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.
Credit: Gordie Howe International Bridge Project
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Financed entirely by the Canadian government, the new C$6 billion border crossing has been eagerly awaited in both Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. Then came the US trade war.
The new Gordie Howe International Bridge is less than two miles long, but it’s been a long road to get there.
Plans are on target for the opening this fall of the six-lane span crossing the Detroit River between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit. The bridge, named for a Canadian hockey great who found fame on the ice for the Detroit Red Wings, promises to deliver “unparalleled benefits for supply chains, industry and commercial users,” according to the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority, the Canadian crown corporation overseeing construction of the bridge.