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The 148-acre US port of entry just outside Detroit city centre, with the US ramp onto the bridge, seen in the upper left corner (Image: Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority - WDBA)

US-Canada bridge delay: Howe much longer?

June 16, 2026

Opening of the completed US$5.7 billion Gordie Howe International Bridge - to be a major economic thoroughfare between Michigan state...

Workers will now stress stay cables (image courtesy Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority - WDBA

VIDEO: Gap closed for Gordie Howe Bridge

July 26, 2024

A 26m gap in the deck was recently closed on the bridge that will connect Detroit in the US state...

The longest span stretches 853m completely over the Detroit River and clearance above water will be 42m. (image courtesy Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority)

Gordie Howe Bridge opening date set

January 15, 2024

The bridge connecting Detroit in the US state of Michigan and Windsor in the Canadian province of Ontaria will open...

The Americans finished their tower ahead of the Canadians but the Canadian road deck (in foreground) stretching out across from the Canadian tower is ahead of the US deck (image courtesy WDBA)

Canadian tower tops out on Gordie Howe

December 21, 2023

The six-lane cable-stayed bridge project includes new customs plazas in both Detroit and Windsor as well as a new link...

AECOM will handle design for the I1-5 widening project in Austin, Texas - image courtesy of © Waingro | Dreamstime.com

Designer for Texas highway expansion

September 27, 2023

The designer has been selected for a Texas highway expansion.

An additional contract has been awarded for a further section of the I-35 upgrade programme in Texas – image courtesy of © Waingro | Dreamstime.com

Major Texas road project awarded

August 11, 2023

A major Texas road project has been awarded.

This year the towers will reach their full height [220m] and road deck construction over the Detroit River will begin (image courtesy of WDBA)

Talks continue for 2025 Gordie Howe opening

January 18, 2023

The tolled six-lane cable-stayed bridge over the Detroit River will connect the city of Windsor in the Canadian province of...

Tower on the US side of the Detroit River, looking over the Canadian tower in Windsor, Ontario – July 2022 (image courtesy Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority)

Possible delays for Gordie Howe Bridge

November 15, 2022

The tolled six-lane cable-stayed bridge over the Detroit River will connect the city of Windsor in the Canadian province of...

An important road project in Texas is being handled by a joint venture team – image courtesy of © Indos82, Dreamstime.com

Texas contract awarded to joint venture

March 31, 2022

A major Texas road contract has been awarded to a joint venture team.

The new eight-lane George Massey Tunnel will be in operation in 2030 at a projected cost of around US$3.27 billion (image courtesy of the government of British Columbia)

COWI wins Massey Tunnel design contract

February 18, 2022

COWI will develop an eight-lane immersed tunnel for the George Massey Crossing Project near Vancouver, Canada.

Temporary struts are connecting and supporting both pairs of towers as they continue to climb on opposite banks of the Detroit River, which is the border between Detroit in the US and the Canadian city of Windsor (image courtesy Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority)

Gordie Howe Bridge towers rise

January 19, 2022

Each tower is composed of 51 segments constructed using a jump-form climbing system.

The new eight-lane George Massey Tunnel will be in operation in 2030, with the cost estimated at US$3.3 billion (Image courtesy of the government of British Columbia)

British Columbia decides on Massey Tunnel

August 20, 2021

Canada’s Pacific coast province of British Columbia has announced the George Massey Tunnel replacement will be another tunnel and not...