{"id":397147,"date":"2026-01-08T23:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/397147\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T23:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T23:44:10","slug":"gorgeous-bridge-for-walking-and-biking-between-us-and-canada-set-to-open-in-2026-allows-drivers-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/397147\/","title":{"rendered":"Gorgeous Bridge for Walking and Biking Between US and Canada Set to Open in 2026 \u2013 Allows Drivers, Too"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Bridge site progress, Nov. 25 \u2013 credit, Gordie Howe International Bridge.com<\/p>\n

20 years in the making, the Gordie Howe International Bridge is set to open in early 2026, providing the first new link between the US and Canada in many years.<\/p>\n

The impressive bridge with its graceful bending approaches is reminiscent of the signature ambidexterity of its namesake Howe, often considered the most complete hockey player to ever live, who could shoot both left and right-handed.<\/p>\n

The bridge also enters a very narrow company of riverine crossing points that are open to cyclists and pedestrians.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople didn\u2019t want us to lose a unique opportunity to design a new international crossing without considering the incorporation of a multiuse path for pedestrians and cyclists,\u201d said Heather Grondin, chief relations officer for the Gordie Howe International Bridge.<\/p>\n

Linking the cities of Windsor, Ontario, with Detroit, GNN last reported<\/a> on the bridge in 2024, when the span was missing exactly the length of a regulation NHL hockey rink\u2014pertinent.<\/p>\n

It will have the longest steel and concrete composite deck for any cable-stayed bridge in the world, Engineering News Record reported at the time, and will feature 6 lanes of traffic, three in each direction, with overflow parking zones located in the ports of entry to ease congestion across the bridge.<\/p>\n

Congestion was a big consideration when designing the project, as the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel have been afflicted by routine slowdowns for years.<\/p>\n

\"\"The bridge in its current state \u2013 credit, Gordie Howe International Bridge.com
\n\"\"Members of the Iron Workers trade union who worked on the project \u2013 credit, Gordie Howe International Bridge.com
\n\"\"A view of the pedestrian and bike lanes \u2013 credit, Gordie Howe International Bridge.com<\/p>\n

\u201cThis bridge, along with the adjacent infrastructure, will connect directly from Interstate 75 to the Ontario highway system, known as Highway 401, without trucks or cars having to stop at traffic lights along the way,\u201d Grondin told Bridge Detroit.<\/a><\/p>\n

The roughly $4.4 billion bridge was financed by Canada, and as such the northern neighbor will reap the toll revenue, while providing the maintenance for the next 36 years.<\/p>\n

GREAT NEW BRIDGES: <\/p>\n

For as much as bridge tourism is a thing in Michigan and the United States, the Gordie Howe Bridge will join the Peace and Rainbow bridges in Niagara Falls, and the Thousand Islands Bridge in New York that feature pedestrian and cycling routes along the flanks of the span.<\/p>\n

\"\"The US-side port of entry \u2013 credit, Gordie Howe International Bridge.com
\n\"\"The Canadian port of entry- credit, Gordie Howe International Bridge.com<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s far from merely being there to provide visitors with a chance to snap a photo from the middle: each side connects with wider trail systems along the banks of the Detroit River, where waterfront redevelopment has included several charming parks to pass through.<\/p>\n

The bridge won\u2019t only connect Detroit and Windsor, Interstate 75 and its Canadian equivalent, and the United States and Canada, but also two hockey-loving nations who shared in a great man\u2019s sporting capacities: one by the nation of his birth, and the other by the city in which he dominated for so long as a forward for the Red Wings.<\/p>\n

SHARE This Beautiful New Bridge Across Two Great Nations\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bridge site progress, Nov. 25 \u2013 credit, Gordie Howe International Bridge.com 20 years in the making, the Gordie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":397148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[23201,49,48,1007,635,8823,6811,5239,2546,167829,1447,905,82,1601,183],"class_list":["post-397147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-automotive","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-construction","tag-cycling","tag-detroit","tag-engineering","tag-hockey","tag-infrastructure","tag-memorial","tag-michigan","tag-ontario","tag-sports","tag-transportation","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/397148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}