Fact Sheets

Michigan Interchange activities include local road improvements.

The Visual Art Program on the Gordie Howe International Bridge project was developed to create memorable, high-quality, works of art consistent with the international importance of the bridge and to celebrate and promote creativity and friendship between Canada and the US. Multiple artistic features have been incorporated into the project as a result of ongoing community feedback to integrate cultural and historical recognition features where possible, including public art, commemorative art and Community Benefits Plan Art.

The Gordie Howe International Bridge team is steadily advancing all four project components, inching closer to opening day, anticipated to occur in fall 2025.

Funded by the Gordie Howe International Bridge project, three kilometres of Sandwich Street is being reconstructed from the Canadian Port of Entry at McKee Avenue to the Rosedale Avenue roundabout.

Michigan Interchange activities include associated local road improvements.

As part of the Gordie Howe International Bridge project, just over three kilometres of Sandwich Street in Windsor, Ontario will be reconstructed by Bridging North America (BNA). The Sandwich Street reconstruction work area stretches from south of the Rosedale Avenue roundabout past Ojibway Parkway to McKee Road. Once complete, the City of Windsor will be responsible for maintaining the street. This work includes a number of improvements for the area

“The Howe family would like to congratulate the great people of Canada and of the United States, Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority, its countless team supporters and key players, and all the workers who have sacrificed to construct the Gordie Howe International Bridge, on their historic milestone of the completion of the bridge deck connection between Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan. As Mr. Hockey would say, ‘I owe it all to my teammates!’ Looking forward to the final period of such an epic endeavour and crossing this bridge together!” 

In June 2024, the Canadian and US sides of the Gordie Howe International Bridge deck met over the Detroit River. Crews installed the final segment, known as the mid-span closure, officially making the bridge an international crossing.

The $23 million Neighbourhood Infrastructure Strategy of the Community Benefits Plan includes the Community Organization Investment, an annual commitment to provide $200,000 (CDN) in funding to community organizations located in or serving Sandwich/west Windsor or Delray/Southwest Detroit (the host communities). The initiative runs from 2020 to 2025 to support events, programming and/or infrastructure improvements that benefit the host communities and align with one of the community investment priorities: community partnerships, community safety and connections, economic benefits and/or aesthetics and landscaping.