Gordie Howe Bridge Opens Border Link | Salt Lake City News

Salt Lake City News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 27, 2026 · 1m

The Gordie Howe International Bridge is now open, linking Detroit and Windsor after nearly a decade of work — a massive win for trade, traffic, and cross-border unity. Governor Gretchen Whitmer celebrated the milestone in a top-down Mustang, honoring the legacy of hockey legend Gordie Howe, whose name graces this engineering marvel. The bridge promises to slash auto production costs, ease congestion, and fuel economic growth in agriculture and manufacturing — creating better jobs for workers on both sides of the border. Whitmer praised the thousands of Michigan laborers who helped build it…