Overview
- The Gordie Howe International Bridge began carrying vehicles at 12 p.m. on Monday, July 27, with Michigan State Police and border agencies managing traffic and inspections on the new highway-to-highway crossing.
- A toll-free pedestrian and bicycle multi-use path will open on Aug. 5, while published tolls for drivers are in effect now at $5.75 USD ($8 CAD) for standard passenger vehicles and $8.75 USD ($12 CAD) per axle for large commercial vehicles.
- Canada provided nearly all of the roughly CAD$6.4 billion project cost, and Michigan will receive a share of revenues only after Canada recovers construction expenses, a process officials expect to take decades.
- A mid-July agreement channels half of certain net toll revenues into a U.S.-linked 15-year economic fund, and President Trump’s recent 50% tariff announcement on Canadian goods has led to U.S. officials skipping the Canadian ribbon-cutting and prompted calls for more transparency and oversight.
- Local businesses and transport officials say the bridge, which links I-75 to Ontario’s Highway 401 and offers additional commercial lanes and inspection capacity, should ease congestion from the Ambassador Bridge, speed freight flows, and boost jobs and cross-border visits.