Gordie Howe International Bridge

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The Gordie Howe International Bridge (French: Pont international Gordie-Howe) is a cable-stayed bridge across the Detroit River. The international crossing connects Detroit, Michigan, United States, with Windsor, Ontario, Canada, by linking Interstate 75 in Michigan with Highway 401 in Ontario (through the Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway extension of Highway 401). The bridge, owned equally by Canada and the state of Michigan, provides uninterrupted freeway traffic flow, as opposed to the configuration with the nearby Ambassador Bridge that connects to city streets on the Ontario side. The bridge is named after Canadian ice hockey player Gordie Howe, whose celebrated career included 25 years with the Detroit Red Wings, and who died two years before construction began. First proposed in the early 2000s, the project was met with prominent opposition by Ambassador Bridge owner Manuel "Matty" Moroun, who believed competition from a publicly owned bridge would reduce his revenue. A Canadian federal...

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