CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES: CANADA
Dates and times provided below may change due to weather conditions and other factors affecting construction activities. Although this list is intended to be comprehensive, unavoidable emergency road detours and road closures may occur. Please watch for workers when travelling in the area. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your patience.
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Week of November 11, 2024
Construction Activities - Canada
Road Closures
Sandwich Street
- Starting June 12, 2024, and lasting approximately six months, Bridging North America will have rolling full closures of Sandwich Street in place, within active construction zones to ensure the safety of the construction crews currently undertaking the work.
- These closures will allow for crews to complete reconstruction work.
- Construction activities will continue to take place in the following segments:
- Chappell Avenue to Prince Road
- Prince Road to South Street
- South Street to Brock Street
- Brock Street to Chewett Street.
- Traffic is being detoured around the active work zone as follows:
- All truck traffic will use Russell Street for both directions of travel.
- All non-truck traffic will use Peter Street for northbound travel and Russell Street for southbound travel.
- During construction, parking on Sandwich Street will not be permitted but available on side streets and outside active work areas. Active work areas will be marked with temporary “no parking” signage.
- For more information about active road closures, we encourage you to visit the project website at GordieHoweInternationalBridge.com.
Canadian Port of Entry (POE)
- Construction activities remain ongoing for interior and exterior components of the buildings
and structures. - This month, activities include mechanical, electrical and plumbing work. On the exterior of some buildings, crews finished panel installation, while on the interior, they finished flooring, doors and ceiling installation.
Canadian Bridge site
- The Canadian bridge tower has reached its full height of 220 metres/722 feet.
- The two sides of the bridge deck are now connected over the Detroit River.
- All stay cables have been installed. Post tensioning of the stay cables is currently underway.
- Approach and back span activities are ongoing.
- This month, bridge deck activities include grouting and concrete work.