Gordie Howe bridge to open to cars today after months of cross-border controversy
The six-lane crossing adds another route for travelers and trucks, with a pedestrian and cyclist path opening later this week.
- On Monday, the Gordie Howe International Bridge opened to traffic, establishing a new commercial gateway between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario after years of construction.
- Canada funded the roughly $6.4 billion project, which supplements the privately owned Ambassador Bridge as a vital commercial truck crossing spanning the Detroit River.
- Following President Donald Trump's unexpected announcement of 50% tariffs on Canadian imports, Canada held its ribbon-cutting ceremony last Friday without U.S. officials present.
- Warden Hilda MacDonald praised the bridge for improving efficiency, while local business owner Juan Carlos expects the crossing to increase traffic in Mexicantown.
- Pedestrians and cyclists can access the 11-foot-long, toll-free path beginning Wednesday, August 5, on the 1.5-mile span connecting Southwest Detroit to Windsor.
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The Gordie Howe International Bridge is another link between Canada and the United States. It opened this Monday, after several polemics and disputes. It ends with a monopoly.
Traffic Finally Flows Across Gordie Howe Bridge
A major new bridge linking Canada and the US at Detroit opened Monday to trucks, cars, and other vehicles, the climax of a yearslong project that lately had been snagged by international politics . Descendants of Gordie Howe, the hockey Hall of Famer whose name is on the bridge, were among...
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The Tribune-DemocratU.S.-Canada bridge opens in Detroit even as trade disputes test neighbors' ties
DETROIT — A major new bridge linking Canada and the U.S. at Detroit opened Monday to trucks, cars and other vehicles, the climax of a yearslong project that lately had been bruised a bit by international politics.
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USA TodayGordie Howe International Bridge welcomes first vehicles from Michigan
WINDSOR, Canada — The long-awaited Gordie Howe International Bridge opened to traffic around 10:30 a.m. Monday, the culmination of eight years of construction and two decades of planning by the Canadian government.
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