The completion date for the delayed Gordie Howe International Bridge has been pushed back to September 2025, according to the Detroit Free Press.
A public announcement put out by the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority detailed the progress that’s been made since the project commenced in late 2018.
Since that time, the bridge’s road deck construction, stay cable installation, and Port of Entry facilities have progressed successfully. Completion of the road deck, stay cable installations, and ancillary Port of Entry outbuildings will follow in the coming year. The finalization of the operations process is then anticipated for the year after.
"After a three-year pandemic and considering the size and complexity of the Gordie Howe International Bridge project, our project team is pleased that the impact to the construction schedule is limited to only 10 months beyond the original contracted completion date and that we could agree on a reasonable adjustment to the contract value," said Charl van Niekerk, CEO of the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority.
The outset of the pandemic caused delays in the now $4.8 billion project, one of North America's largest bridge constructions. Once completed, it will hold the record for the longest cable-stayed bridge on the continent, according to the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority.
AECOM is the lead designer and design manager of the project, in cooperation with Dragados Canada and Fluor.
Editor's Note: An earlier version of this article stated that AECOM made the new opening date announcement. However, it was the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority. This has been corrected.
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