The Michigan Central Station. The continuing sage, with a sidebar story. Gordie Howe International Bridge will open to traffic in late 2024
A rendering of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a cable-stayed design with the longest main span in North America, at 853 meters (about 933 yards), and with towers rivaling the height of the Renaissance Center in Detroit. It was revealed in July 2018.
(Photo: Bridging North America, Bridging North America)
After years of guesses and ballpark estimates, we finally have firm schedule and cost estimates for the planned Gordie Howe International Bridge. After years of guesses and ballpark estimates, we finally have firm schedule and cost estimates for the planned Gordie Howe International Bridge.As announced Friday morning in Windsor, the bridge will cost $5.7 billion (Canadian), or about $4.4 billion in current U.S. dollars. Of that total, about two-thirds will pay to build the bridge, the inspection plazas in Windsor and Detroit, and the interchange with I-75 in southwest Detroit.
The other third of the total cost will pay for operating and maintaining the bridge for decades to come.The official construction schedule now predicts the bridge will open to traffic in late 2024 after a roughly six-year construction period.
Source: Detroit Free Press, Sept. 28, 2018
Background information.
The Moroun family's sold the The Michigan Central Station to the Ford Motor Company for 90 million dollars. It has been said they needed these funds to block the Gordie Howe Bridge. The Moroun family’s also owns the Ambassador Bridge, witch connects Detroit, Michigan, USA to Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
The Family’s called: Manuel Moroun, Detroit International Bridge Company. Ambassador Bridge. This company has been to several courts trying to block the Gordie Howe Bridge over the past several years.
August 10. 2018 Wayne County Circuit Court Chief Judge Robert Colombo Jr. advanced the effort to build the Gordie Howe International Bridge this past week when he dismissed attempts by the Moroun family's Detroit International Bridge Company to block seizure of Moroun-owned land in Detroit's Delray district.
Railroad Freight Train Traffic
The Michigan Central Railway Tunnel is a railroad tunnel under the Detroit River connecting Detroit, Michigan, in the United States with Windsor, Ontario, in Canada. The US entrance is south of Porter and Vermont streets near Rosa Parks Boulevard. The Railway Tunnel opened July 26, 1910 and it owned by: Canadian Pacific Railway.
Gary: Rail-fanning from the Motor City
