A billionaire tried to stop a $5.4BN bridge project at the US-Canada border. Here's why

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A billionaire tried to stop a $5.4BN bridge project at the US-Canada border. Here's why
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Should one person own an international bridge? 😯

Have you ever heard of the Gordie Howe International Bridge? It's a joint effort to relieve bottlenecks on the single-busiest trade corridor on the border between the United States and Canada. More than two decades after its plan was first presented, it's finally set to be completed in late 2024.

The Gordie Howe International Bridge, which will span the Detroit River for 853 meters, will be the longest cable-stayed bridge in North America. The $5.4-billion project will connect Detroit and Windsor, with a mammoth endeavor and providing an alternative to the overloaded Ambassador Bridge. As you can guess, this bridge will transform the United States-Canada border. It was, however, almost never built.explains how a billionaire, who owned the Ambassador Bridge, tried to stop the construction of this bridge when the plan was first proposed two decades ago.

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