Canada's biggest border crossing opens in 2025 and there's a 2.5-km bridge you can walk across
It's even part of the Trans Canada Trail system!
Gordie Howe International Bridge during construction.
Canada's largest border crossing is set to open in 2025 and it's not just for vehicles.
There's a 2.5-kilometre bridge that allows you to walk and cycle between Ontario and Michigan.
Gordie Howe International Bridge is currently under construction along the Canada-U.S. border.
It's expected to open this fall, bridging — literally — Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan.
There are already two connections between these Canadian and American cities, the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit Windsor Tunnel.
Gordie Howe International Bridge crosses the Detroit River southwest of the Ambassador Bridge from Windsor's Sandwich neighbourhood to Detroit's Delray neighbourhood.
It has a cable-stayed design and six lanes of vehicle traffic, three Canada-bound and three U.S.-bound.
Gordie Howe International Bridge is about 2.5 kilometres long and will become one of the top five longest bridges in North America.
There is also a multi-use path on the bridge that's designated as part of the Trans Canada Trail system. So, pedestrians and cyclists can cross between Windsor and Detroit as well.
Access to the pedestrian and cyclist path is expected to be from Sandwich Street in Windsor.
This border crossing will be the largest Canadian port of entry on the Canada-U.S. border and one of the largest in North America.
It includes toll lanes for U.S.-bound and Canada-bound traffic, inspection areas for passenger and commercial vehicles, a processing centre for pedestrians and cyclists, and more.
Part of the port of entry building in Canada is described as "a hockey net turned on its face" — perhaps a nod to the bridge's namesake, Canadian hockey player Gordie Howe.