The Gordie Howe International Bridge by infrastructure firm AECOM, which will connect USA and Canada over the Detroit River, is set to complete later this month.
Connecting Windsor, Canada, to Detroit, USA, the Gordie Howe International Bridge has been under construction since 2018 and will become the longest cable-stayed bridge in North America when it completes.
The deck of the Gordie Howe International Bridge is set to connect in late June
Approximately 85 feet (26 metres) of unbuilt bridge deck remain between US and Canadian side, with each side currently extending over the Detroit River.
Crews will complete one more 49-foot (15 metre) segment on the US side before working on the last section, known as the mid-span closure.
The cable-stayed bridge stretches over the US and Canada border "Once connected, the bridge deck spanning the distance between the two iconic towers will measure 0.53 miles making it the longest main span of any cable-stayed bridge in North America and the tenth longest in the world," said the team.
"It will also be the longest composite steel and concrete bridge deck for any cable-stayed bridge in the world."
It connects Windsor, Canada to Detroit, Michigan
Coordinated by Canadian corporation Windsor?Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA) with design lead by AECOM, the cable-stayed bridge was named after Detroit Red Wings hockey player Gordie Howe.
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