From a small town farm boy being raised in Saskatchewan to having such a colossal structure named after him. This means a lot to me, a small town farm boy from Saskatchewan. We all miss you, Gordie!
Toronto boy here. I love Detroit. Some of the best games I've ever seen were against the Red Wings! Congratulations to all the hard workin' folks who built this for us. Thanks for the great report.
The perfect name. Gordie was obviously Canadian but he connected America and Canada together thorough the shared love of the game and his great abilities on the ice highlighted by his amazing career playing in Detroit. 👌
Those workers have become part of a historical event in the construction of the Gordie Howe bridge and have etched their names in history. A great achievement.
Also kills me they make sure to have women as spokes person even tho 98% of everyone working on it is men😂 imagine putting out male nurse spokesperson when 91% are women lol
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It's considerably easier with Canada picking up the tab (to be reimbursed by tolls in the future)
This is amazing and heartwarming! It's hard to accept that we need a passport to travel between our nations. 2005 was the first time I had to show ID at the border after countless crossings. Passports soon followed. Oh well, at least we have Nexus. Hats off to all who've constructed this incredible link!
Canadian here. My country is paying the full upfront cost of the bridge, the US Customs plaza, and the highway connection to I-75. Because it will be vital for a large part of our entire country's trade. The USA is fairly indifferent to it thus they know they can con us into paying for it.
A majority of international truck traffic from the whole Ontario will shift to the new bridge. The current private Ambassador bridge connects downtowns with many slow signalled intersections crawlinh through Windsor. The new bridge will have direct freeway access on our side (already built and finished years ago.) The GHB will have more expensive tolls for trucks, but for drivers the time and frustration saved will mean taking it is a no-brainer.
Once this bridge opens, it will dramatically transform the city of Detroit itself. Given the huge amount of trade between the USA and Canada going through the Detroit/Windsor area nowadays, it means a dramatic speed-up in cross-border goods movement.
I agree and I don't even live there. It is so nice to see a news team do a story that is longer than 30 seconds and that has some actual detail and information. As a former local TV news employee, I'm saying these folks did a great job. Hat's off!
You know I have followed the construction of the bridge since it began and NONE of the so called media kept up on this marvelous construction. until now that it is in its final stages. This has been covered by many drone operators but basically zip, nada, nothing from any of the media in Detroit or Windsor.
The coefficient of the expansion of ferrous materials (steel) is .000047 inches per degree F x inches of length. That small number adds up for 1.5 miles and 100 degree difference. As a machinist this was important for fine shrink fits where a cool part and warm part were mated, never to be sparated after equalization of temps.
This is the type of work that position engineers as pillars of society, not those engineers solely committed to making products/gadgets for the rich and constantly coming up with new ways to make life easier for the wealthy.
I know this is a really strange, if not nerdy question, but what was the measuring system used in the design and construction of the bridge? American Imperial, inches and feet, or Canadian Metric. Please don't say both because you will NEVER meet in the middle if you use both. Like I said, a nerdy question.
I moved out of the region in 2010 after 8 years of hearing promises this 3rd crossing would happen. Glad it is finally happening although it is taking 22 years to actually happen. A good example of how our politicians are disconnected from the real world populate is living.
I was shocked to find that many other bridges spanning the US to Canada are really old. We need to address these old structures, as they will degrade over time. I know maintenance monitors the fatigue on the spans, but like anything in life, fatigue takes its toll on structural members over time. There is a reason marching troops break ranks when marching over bridges.
That takes money, money the rich do not want to pay. The rich used to leave legacies in their name, not anymore. They still think they can take it with them to mars.
..The way the cables come over the bridge deck is a problem during winter.. Here in B.C we have the Port Mann Bridge which drops ice bombs from the cables onto the deck/cars causing some major damage.On the Port Mann they ran some heating cables up along the bridge cables to minimize this problem but ice bombs still happen ..
That guy looks like KFC Cornel Saunders lol😂 The joining of the bridge will consist of an expansion joint to compensate for expansion and contraction of the bridge based on temperature. Most bridges have these type of joints. Often it looks like a metal comb similar to whats on escalator steps.
I wonder if there are any plans for ice mitigation on the cables? This bridge looks just like the Alex Fraser and Port mann bridge in Vancouver which suffer from ice build up with the chance of falling on cars all winter long... They spend a fortune dropping chains down the cables with rope access.
It could be a toll bridge, like other bridges, such as Blue Water Bridge between Port Huron Michigan and Sarnia Ontario, and International Bridge between Sault Ste Marie Michigan, USA and Sault Ste Marie Ontario, Canada.
The Anbassador Bridge opened in 1929. Construction started in 1927; it took about 27 months. It is a suspension bridge vs. the Gordie Howe’s cable stay construction. Why did the Gordie Howe take so long to build?
Regulations regarding worker safety and health are much stronger now than they were back then and as a result slows things down. The Ambassador Bridge is also only suspended in the middle which speeds things up.
I know. Too bad they can’t bill the private owners of the Ambassador Bridge that held up this project for years, just to maintain their monopoly. They even funded an election in attempt to change the Michigan State constitution as part of the attempt. Fortunately democracy won, and they were voted down.
Compared to China's longest such bridge (cost per sq ft): Gordie Howe International Bridge $55,523,101.80 USD Hutong Yangtze River Bridge $56,980.06 USD
VERY IMPORTANT POINT ! Those LAWS, OF THERMO-DYNAMICS. Same as railroad rails - sidewalkd, ASPHALT ROADS = engineers NEED to have expansion joints, on highways where the seasonal temperature changes, more than 20 degrees F. Canada, especially needs them. Cracks, every 10-15 feet or so. They pave a road, a year and longer ; cracks.....take a H I N T.....
Creating new bridges of epic scale is the kind of thing that made America great in the first place, especially one as unique as an International bridge. Next up, the new Francis Scott Key Bridge, undoubtedly a cable stayed span that will be a gorgeous new gateway from Baltimore Harbor to the world.
You're such a insular, typical, inward thinking American believing that all the engineering, knowledge and expertise required to design and build this bridge came only from Americans and none of it came from Canadians and people of countless other nationalities who have no doubt contributed greatly to the remarkable human (and not just American) achievement that is this remarkable bridge that, by the way, is named after a Canadian hockey player.
IT TOOK 24 years to build it is NOTHING to marvel at unless you were working on it. Steady paychecks for you guessed it the democrats favorites unions!
The Canadian Government bankrolled the bridge to get it started as a public Private consortium between Michigan and the Government of Canada. Canada is also covering the cost overrun. It is a vital trade link improvement. The owner of the Ambassador Bridge really tried to stop it.
The Americans are only managing and paying for the infrastructure (roads, customs..etc.) on the American side . The bridge is being paid for, managed and constructed by Canada.
It will. They actually just place the last piece in position and then release some tension in those cable to the last piece get squeeze between the two side of the bridge.
Canada paid for it so they should use their steel. But of course, being fair-minded and all around nice folks, they’ll probably use Yankee materials too.
I may be wrong, but doesn't Canada share thousands of miles of land border with the USA? what miraculous, economy enhancing properties is this bridge supposed to be enabling? this is being presented as if it's a great achievement ; something akin to the first transatlantic cable
@ES-hr6vg being more specific, I recognize that the bridge will facilitate an ease for the transfer of goods and people henceforth unrealized. my comment, though, is that while now, it is easier , these transfers were previously not impossible. ie. not an awe-inspiring achievement akin to the likes of the first transatlantic cable. more an example of an infrastructure project intended to hasten capital trading. whilst beneficial, a much more mundane accomplishment
@htopherollem649 current crossings can no longer handle the traffic load. Not to mention the other bridge is privately owned, out dated, and potentially dangerous in the near future. I don't remember the exact price it cost to cross, it's been 20 or so years, but even back then it made new York Bridge tolls seem cheap. No clue on current prices, just heard they're not exactly a fair price.
Canada was trying to get this bridge started for years, They even paid for the road leading up to the bridge in Michigan several years before the bridge was started.. In the end Canada fully funded the construction of this bridge other wise it would not have been built!
It took way more than four years from first mention of possibility of building the Golden Gate to completion. They didn’t spend 24 years with wrenches in hand.
@@billsmith5109 It took so long from when Canada first suggested building the bridge until the start because the USA would not help fund the bridge the , in the end Canada FULLY funded the bridge and still is with no help from the USA, I suggest that you do some research before making stupid comments like you just did
@@dkennedy7502 I don’t know when they started the clock on 24 years either. I remember discussion of need for a second bridge during Mr. Trudeau’s first term as Prime Minister. Whole concern was the North American auto industry which was much more focused in Ontario and Michigan than now, and heavily integrated across the border. There might have been separate assembly lines but you couldn’t buy a car in either nation that didn’t have some parts made in the other. There even used to be this whole sub-industry of independent air freight companies that moved parts around from suppliers in the Midwest to the assembly lines at the last minutes to keep the lines on schedule. Old Convairs to twin-engines Cessnas. I don’t know if it still exists. That’s Pierre Elliott, not Justin by the way. Haven’t read the history. Just the papers and the National news real time for decades. I guess my point was that there had been talk of replacing the ferries at the Golden Gate long before they sold bonds to finance the bridge. I am way too young to remember that real time.
Why does Detroit need another bridge? They already have the Ambassador bridge and the Windsor tunnel. There’s a train tunnel last that I knew and if commerce was or is the reason for the bridge wouldn’t another train tunnel make more sense rather than a bridge? And, sure, there’s the Pt. Huron/Sarnia bridge so why spend all the money on another bridge? Do we really need another gateway for migrants to enter America illegally? What’s the logic here?
I'm sure Trump will be along soon to tell everyone He built the bridge,"it's the best bridge everyone is saying it...I built this bridge and made Canada pay for it. I think the name should be The Trump Bridge though,everyone knows it. I don't know who this Gordie Howe is. I'm sure he's a guy that did something, I just don't know what."
I am excited to have a bridge that is not owned by a slumlord of a family. I hope they lose billions after this actual structurally sound bridge is built .
@@texaswunderkind so let government control everything is your logic? Worst words to ever hear are … “Iam from the government and here to help” Ronald Regan . Everything they touch they manage to screw up. Private citizens can and will do a better job managing this. So save your boot licking
@@luccac6247 “Private citizens can and will do a better job managing this.” Well, not the ones who own the Ambassador Bridge, judging by past history.
Looks great, my question is why the state spent millions and millions of dollars preparing the roads and overpasses in and around the Ambassador Bridge then decide on the Gordy Howe bridge? Something smells very fishy to me. When the government gets involved in business I think we need to look into some bank accounts, if you know what i mean.
@@icelover3 that doesn’t answer my question, and again what is government doing in business ? Who is paying the US part of our $. You’re talking about a lot money we have to pay back. And what about the money we paid at the Ambassador bridge
Canada was trying to get this bridge started for years, They even paid for the road leading up to the bridge in Michigan several years before the bridge was started.. In the end Canada fully funded the construction of this bridge other wise it would not have been built!
From a small town farm boy being raised in Saskatchewan to having such a colossal structure named after him. This means a lot to me, a small town farm boy from Saskatchewan. We all miss you, Gordie!
Toronto boy here. I love Detroit. Some of the best games I've ever seen were against the Red Wings! Congratulations to all the hard workin' folks who built this for us. Thanks for the great report.
The perfect name. Gordie was obviously Canadian but he connected America and Canada together thorough the shared love of the game and his great abilities on the ice highlighted by his amazing career playing in Detroit. 👌
Those workers have become part of a historical event in the construction of the Gordie Howe bridge and have etched their names in history. A great achievement.
Every bridge is awesome and a great achievement.
Really? I doubt you can name one worker today much less in a decade from now. Who built the Peace Arch bridge....?
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge went down in history as well. Bet the workers do not want to be named for that one.
@@suddenlysolo2170 There are always Museums with the names of people who built massive projects like this.
Fantastic. A Canadian hero, a Detroit hero
That's an awesome accomplishment. Just working contractually between the US and Canada was probably no cakewalk.
Canada paid the full cost of the bridge. US only paid for customs and roads on their side
@@robertjulianagnel1100 Thanks for the info
@@robertjulianagnel1100it’s because it benefits Canada more, not like we need anything from Detroit since auto sector died
Also kills me they make sure to have women as spokes person even tho 98% of everyone working on it is men😂 imagine putting out male nurse spokesperson when 91% are women lol
It's considerably easier with Canada picking up the tab (to be reimbursed by tolls in the future)
Love the name. One helluva hockey player. Ironworkers Local #3, Pittsburgh Pa.
These guys have done a great job building this bridge
This is amazing and heartwarming! It's hard to accept that we need a passport to travel between our nations. 2005 was the first time I had to show ID at the border after countless crossings. Passports soon followed. Oh well, at least we have Nexus. Hats off to all who've constructed this incredible link!
Canadian here. My country is paying the full upfront cost of the bridge, the US Customs plaza, and the highway connection to I-75. Because it will be vital for a large part of our entire country's trade. The USA is fairly indifferent to it thus they know they can con us into paying for it.
Benefit versus cost ratio. I’m Canadian too and you can lick my tax-dollary taint.
It was more about the owner of the Ambassador bridge obstructing any legislation authorizing funding thereby keeping his near monopoly on tolls.
@@3markaw I find it crazy to believe a bridge between two countries can be privately-owned.
Thanks for paying buddy, send us all your chip trucks too.
@@blauer2551 Poutine trucks.
Canada fully funded the building of the Gordie Howe bridge..
A majority of international truck traffic from the whole Ontario will shift to the new bridge. The current private Ambassador bridge connects downtowns with many slow signalled intersections crawlinh through Windsor. The new bridge will have direct freeway access on our side (already built and finished years ago.) The GHB will have more expensive tolls for trucks, but for drivers the time and frustration saved will mean taking it is a no-brainer.
Once this bridge opens, it will dramatically transform the city of Detroit itself. Given the huge amount of trade between the USA and Canada going through the Detroit/Windsor area nowadays, it means a dramatic speed-up in cross-border goods movement.
Excellent report - an excellent exemplar for local news.
I agree and I don't even live there. It is so nice to see a news team do a story that is longer than 30 seconds and that has some actual detail and information. As a former local TV news employee, I'm saying these folks did a great job. Hat's off!
Truly remarkable. Great reporting & video!
Once we have a bridge, we can finally visit each other, as there was no other way to do so previously
Amazing work by the bridge crews!
Congratulations! That's great job!!!
beautiful! good work humans!
You know I have followed the construction of the bridge since it began and NONE of the so called media kept up on this marvelous construction. until now that it is in its final stages. This has been covered by many drone operators but basically zip, nada, nothing from any of the media in Detroit or Windsor.
🇺🇸🤝 🇨🇦
Its amazing what people can do.
Cool. Great work.
I can't wait to walk to Canada.
There is no pedestrian or bicycle traffic planned for the bridge.
@@chrisgraham2904 yea there is
Won’t be allowed
Modern engineering, it truly is something to marvel at .... amazing.
Yes! Humanity can do such great things when we focus on the right things 😁
This would be a good time to do a Dukes of Hazard Reunion episode.
The coefficient of the expansion of ferrous materials (steel) is .000047 inches per degree F x inches of length. That small number adds up for 1.5 miles and 100 degree difference. As a machinist this was important for fine shrink fits where a cool part and warm part were mated, never to be sparated after equalization of temps.
This is the type of work that position engineers as pillars of society, not those engineers solely committed to making products/gadgets for the rich and constantly coming up with new ways to make life easier for the wealthy.
bacon smugglers have big plans for gordie's new bridge
Maple syrup will flow, slowly.
Yu funny 😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣🤣🤣
Big Sam will get a steadier supply of Canadian lettuce.
Nobody wants that round Canadian bacon, it's just a tough piece of ham.
@@gordonwelcher9598 Who said Canadian bacon? Traffic flows both ways.
3000 years from now Egyptians will wonder how this was ever built.
I know this is a really strange, if not nerdy question, but what was the measuring system used in the design and construction of the bridge? American Imperial, inches and feet, or Canadian Metric. Please don't say both because you will NEVER meet in the middle if you use both. Like I said, a nerdy question.
metric is usually the trade language worldwide when it comes to civil engineering. Yes America too.
I moved out of the region in 2010 after 8 years of hearing promises this 3rd crossing would happen. Glad it is finally happening although it is taking 22 years to actually happen. A good example of how our politicians are disconnected from the real world populate is living.
Good they put the supports where the ships wont run into them.
Very good be successful
I was shocked to find that many other bridges spanning the US to Canada are really old. We need to address these old structures, as they will degrade over time. I know maintenance monitors the fatigue on the spans, but like anything in life, fatigue takes its toll on structural members over time. There is a reason marching troops break ranks when marching over bridges.
Is the reason for breaking ranks because they fear failure? Or the enemy blowing it up while they’re on it? 😂
That takes money, money the rich do not want to pay. The rich used to leave legacies in their name, not anymore. They still think they can take it with them to mars.
..The way the cables come over the bridge deck is a problem during winter.. Here in B.C we have the Port Mann Bridge which drops ice bombs from the cables onto the deck/cars causing some major damage.On the Port Mann they ran some heating cables up along the bridge cables to minimize this problem but ice bombs still happen ..
That guy looks like KFC Cornel Saunders lol😂 The joining of the bridge will consist of an expansion joint to compensate for expansion and contraction of the bridge based on temperature. Most bridges have these type of joints. Often it looks like a metal comb similar to whats on escalator steps.
Joining the 2 bridges is going to be a customs nightmare!
I wonder if there are any plans for ice mitigation on the cables? This bridge looks just like the Alex Fraser and Port mann bridge in Vancouver which suffer from ice build up with the chance of falling on cars all winter long... They spend a fortune dropping chains down the cables with rope access.
vancouver still has the widest cable stayed at 213 feet 10 lanes
I have heard from someone who works at a business underneath the bridge that there is a 2ft difference in height where the ends are meeting.......😮😮😮😮
Finally !
That looks like a bridge I was driving over a decade ago 🧐
From a 76 year old Canadian, a big thank-you to all the construction men and women who made this happen. 🫂
It could be a toll bridge, like other bridges, such as Blue Water Bridge between Port Huron Michigan and Sarnia Ontario, and International Bridge between Sault Ste Marie Michigan, USA and Sault Ste Marie Ontario, Canada.
It is a toll bridge.
Canada paid for the entire bridge and will collect all tolls.
it will be a toll bridge with all the tolls collected on the Canadian side.
All bridges between USA and Canada are toll bridges. That is how they pay for maintenance.
Total amount of the tolls will be collected and kept by Canada to pay for the bridge
Just 85 feet. That's just over 28 yards. A quarterback can throw a football that distance.
Slap shot a puck?
Hope there aren't chunks of ice falling off those cables in the winter.
Media event, time for the show ponies to trot out with their brand new hats hats and orange vests.
Thanks to Canada footing the bill.
"Cut to fit". Always wondered that. More or less impossible to nail it from the print
The Anbassador Bridge opened in 1929. Construction started in 1927; it took about 27 months. It is a suspension bridge vs. the Gordie Howe’s cable stay construction.
Why did the Gordie Howe take so long to build?
Regulations regarding worker safety and health are much stronger now than they were back then and as a result slows things down. The Ambassador Bridge is also only suspended in the middle which speeds things up.
So I'm guessing the Mackinaw Bridge - a longer span - is a suspension bridge and not a cable stayed bridge?
It’s a suspension bridge.
24 years in...... so the connection will be made over the next couple of years?
I know. Too bad they can’t bill the private owners of the Ambassador Bridge that held up this project for years, just to maintain their monopoly. They even funded an election in attempt to change the Michigan State constitution as part of the attempt. Fortunately democracy won, and they were voted down.
Wow! Kudos to you, Glenda Lewis! I couldn’t have covered that story.
come on gordie gitR dun
They could leave the gap open to save money: you would just need to drive very fast to jump over the gap.
I heard the ambassador Bridge is next
Compared to China's longest such bridge (cost per sq ft):
Gordie Howe International Bridge $55,523,101.80 USD
Hutong Yangtze River Bridge $56,980.06 USD
Oh god, you hope the engineers got this one right. We haven't had a ton of luck with infrastructure in this country lately.
Looks scary as howe.
This should be called the "Simon Girty Bridge". It looks like an airplane cheese-grater.
Well, hopefully you can keep someone from hitting it and have thought that part of it through.
Nah, it's ok, it's a cable-stay bridge, no piers in the middle of the river.
thank you Stephen Harper, Trudeau has nothing to do with this
He will take all the credit, however
Imagine you need to use the bathroom and they tell you the portapotty is on the other side
TWENTY FOUR YEARS??
Blame the (former) state senators of Michigan (many of 'em Republicans) and the owners of the Ambassador Bridge.
@@kristoffermangila You are so right! There were many obstacles that tried to prevent this from happening.
VERY IMPORTANT POINT ! Those LAWS, OF THERMO-DYNAMICS. Same as railroad rails - sidewalkd, ASPHALT ROADS = engineers NEED to have expansion joints, on highways where the seasonal temperature changes, more than 20 degrees F. Canada, especially needs them. Cracks, every 10-15 feet or so. They pave a road, a year and longer ; cracks.....take a H I N T.....
Creating new bridges of epic scale is the kind of thing that made America great in the first place, especially one as unique as an International bridge.
Next up, the new Francis Scott Key Bridge, undoubtedly a cable stayed span that will be a gorgeous new gateway from Baltimore Harbor to the world.
You're such a insular, typical, inward thinking American believing that all the engineering, knowledge and expertise required to design and build this bridge came only from Americans and none of it came from Canadians and people of countless other nationalities who have no doubt contributed greatly to the remarkable human (and not just American) achievement that is this remarkable bridge that, by the way, is named after a Canadian hockey player.
IT TOOK 24 years to build it is NOTHING to marvel at unless you were working on it. Steady paychecks for you guessed it the democrats favorites unions!
The Canadian Government bankrolled the bridge to get it started as a public Private consortium between Michigan and the Government of Canada. Canada is also covering the cost overrun. It is a vital trade link improvement. The owner of the Ambassador Bridge really tried to stop it.
@@JohnRoss1They really had to wait for the old guy that owned the existing bridge to die before the new bridge project to proceed in earnest.
The Americans are only managing and paying for the infrastructure (roads, customs..etc.) on the American side . The bridge is being paid for, managed and constructed by Canada.
The Manny Maroon Family Probably Start to Lose Money on The Ambassador Bridge The Maroon Family Owns.
How much did it cost us?
The US taxpayer? Nothing. The Canadian taxpayer? Billions of dollars.
Would have been nice if the americans could have chipped in to build the fucking thing
We pay way more than we should around the world.
I hope the section fits.
I hope they remember to measure at least twice before cutting. It would be a bear if they came up short by inches.
It will. They actually just place the last piece in position and then release some tension in those cable to the last piece get squeeze between the two side of the bridge.
😂😂😂
wonder if you'll be able to walk across it
i think they said something about having bike lanes on the bridge
@@itsurboidonnie yes, walkers and cyclist welcome but remember it is a border crossing and will have a toll cost.
yes you will be able to walk or bike across it as well
Is the Canadian half done in Metric? 😅
Good One!
Trump 2024! Save America!
Cool bridge! Hope it was made with American steel like the old days of American steel.
Canada paid for it so they should use their steel. But of course, being fair-minded and all around nice folks, they’ll probably use Yankee materials too.
It's embarrassing it took 24 years to complete
Lets just say Poli(f***ing)tics and vested interests have a hand in delaying the bridge's construction.
6 years...damn...lol
Imagine being one meter away from connecting the two decks and realized it's 50 cm off ....
They can certainly deal with such issues
I may be wrong, but doesn't Canada share thousands of miles of land border with the USA? what miraculous, economy enhancing properties is this bridge supposed to be enabling? this is being presented as if it's a great achievement ; something akin to the first transatlantic cable
I suggest you look at a map of major cities that actually “border” each side of the border and then reformulate your question.
@ES-hr6vg being more specific, I recognize that the bridge will facilitate an ease for the transfer of goods and people henceforth unrealized. my comment, though, is that while now, it is easier , these transfers were previously not impossible. ie. not an awe-inspiring achievement akin to the likes of the first transatlantic cable. more an example of an infrastructure project intended to hasten capital trading. whilst beneficial, a much more mundane accomplishment
@htopherollem649 current crossings can no longer handle the traffic load. Not to mention the other bridge is privately owned, out dated, and potentially dangerous in the near future. I don't remember the exact price it cost to cross, it's been 20 or so years, but even back then it made new York Bridge tolls seem cheap. No clue on current prices, just heard they're not exactly a fair price.
@@kennethloki7011For standard 18-wheel semi round trip, $135.45 USD. Passenger car, $16 USD, round trip. $12.50 with multi-pass.
there was an explosian on baltimore
24 years? I think the golden gate took 2.
Correction, it took 4.
Blame the Ambassador Bridge owner
Canada was trying to get this bridge started for years, They even paid for the road leading up to the bridge in Michigan several years before the bridge was started.. In the end Canada fully funded the construction of this bridge other wise it would not have been built!
It took way more than four years from first mention of possibility of building the Golden Gate to completion. They didn’t spend 24 years with wrenches in hand.
@@billsmith5109 It took so long from when Canada first suggested building the bridge until the start because the USA would not help fund the bridge the , in the end Canada FULLY funded the bridge and still is with no help from the USA, I suggest that you do some research before making stupid comments like you just did
@@dkennedy7502 I don’t know when they started the clock on 24 years either. I remember discussion of need for a second bridge during Mr. Trudeau’s first term as Prime Minister. Whole concern was the North American auto industry which was much more focused in Ontario and Michigan than now, and heavily integrated across the border. There might have been separate assembly lines but you couldn’t buy a car in either nation that didn’t have some parts made in the other. There even used to be this whole sub-industry of independent air freight companies that moved parts around from suppliers in the Midwest to the assembly lines at the last minutes to keep the lines on schedule. Old Convairs to twin-engines Cessnas. I don’t know if it still exists.
That’s Pierre Elliott, not Justin by the way.
Haven’t read the history. Just the papers and the National news real time for decades.
I guess my point was that there had been talk of replacing the ferries at the Golden Gate long before they sold bonds to finance the bridge. I am way too young to remember that real time.
China would have built 50 comparable bridges in the same time period.
What? No pylons for a container ship to run into? Someone must have put some real thought in this design.
Charleston and Jacksonville and Tampa Florida have them. Impressive to drive across.
No rail? Missed opportunity.
They have tunnels in Port Huron and Detroit already...
So the problem is that the carbon rebate will be called the carbon rebate? What is wrong with you?
doesnt look strong enough.
Why does Detroit need another bridge? They already have the Ambassador bridge and the Windsor tunnel. There’s a train tunnel last that I knew and if commerce was or is the reason for the bridge wouldn’t another train tunnel make more sense rather than a bridge? And, sure, there’s the Pt. Huron/Sarnia bridge so why spend all the money on another bridge? Do we really need another gateway for migrants to enter America illegally? What’s the logic here?
I'm sure Trump will be along soon to tell everyone He built the bridge,"it's the best bridge everyone is saying it...I built this bridge and made Canada pay for it. I think the name should be The Trump Bridge though,everyone knows it. I don't know who this Gordie Howe is. I'm sure he's a guy that did something, I just don't know what."
The Chinese would have had that built in about three weeks ... LOL's
I am excited to have a bridge that is not owned by a slumlord of a family. I hope they lose billions after this actual structurally sound bridge is built .
That bridge can transport a lot of guns & crack.
There is already a bridge in private hands who will be in unfavorable competition with government and a tunnel.
Such a vital resource never should have been in the hands of a private citizen in the first place.
@@texaswunderkind so let government control everything is your logic? Worst words to ever hear are … “Iam from the government and here to help” Ronald Regan . Everything they touch they manage to screw up. Private citizens can and will do a better job managing this. So save your boot licking
The tunnel isn’t really any competition since commercial vehicle traffic isn’t allowed to use it.
@@luccac6247 “Private citizens can and will do a better job managing this.” Well, not the ones who own the Ambassador Bridge, judging by past history.
Looks great, my question is why the state spent millions and millions of dollars preparing the roads and overpasses in and around the Ambassador Bridge then decide on the Gordy Howe bridge? Something smells very fishy to me. When the government gets involved in business I think we need to look into some bank accounts, if you know what i mean.
The Canadian government paid for the entire construction of the bridge.
Canada paid for it. It will be used mostly by trucks to avoid the two lane Ambassador bridge. The new bridge is six lanes wide.
@@icelover3 that doesn’t answer my question, and again what is government doing in business ? Who is paying the US part of our $. You’re talking about a lot money we have to pay back. And what about the money we paid at the Ambassador bridge
@@paulmore4118 I'm Canadian so I don't have your answers; mainly because I don't care to do the research.
The bridge was and is fully funded by the government of Canada!
215 minus 212 = 3. NOT 4. Must be a DEI hire.
She said 216 in total
@@recentlyretired EF is not a math wizard.
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Wow they rebuilt the bridge fast. Too bad the boat hit it. The truss bridge before was beautiful.
Giant waste of tax payer money!
I assume you are Canadian because the bridge was entirely funded by the Canadian government.
Every unionista's dream a retirement project...24 years to build a freaking bridge milking the taxpayers baby, milking the taxpayers!
Canada was trying to get this bridge started for years, They even paid for the road leading up to the bridge in Michigan several years before the bridge was started.. In the end Canada fully funded the construction of this bridge other wise it would not have been built!
Thank you PM Trudeau for getting it done.....
Trudeau had nothing to do with this.
Hoping sarcasm? If not you’re another TREASONOUS 🤡in the fold.
Leave the last section until after the election. If Trump wins, we may need to build a wall instead