With major construction now complete, the Gordie Howe International Bridge is entering a critical new phase, testing and commissioning.
Crews are inspecting and testing every system needed to safely operate the bridge and ports of entry before traffic begins.
This phase is designed to ensure the bridge is fully ready when it opens to drivers on both sides of the border a little later this year.
However, it’s unclear whether the bridge will ever open, after President Trump said on Monday (Feb. 9) that he’d stop it from happening.
Trump posted on Truth Social, “The Canadian government expects me, as president of the United States, to permit them to just ‘take advantage of America! What does the United States of America get? Absolutely nothing. We will start negotiations immediately. With all that we have given them, we should own, perhaps, at least one-half of this asset.”
It’s worth noting that the Gordie Howe is owned by Michigan and Canada, but is almost entirely funded by Canada.
Canada intends to recoup the money through tolls once the bridge opens. Officials with the bridge have not commented on the president’s post.