Record-breaking Ontario-U.S. border bridge now extends dramatically over water Ontario
is easily one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects unfolding anywhere on the continent, and this record-breaker of a U.S.-Canada link is now reaching a dramatic stage of construction as its two ends begin to extend across the Detroit River.
Construction has been active on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border since October 2018, staffed by 3,900 workers operating in tandem on opposite sides of the river.swift progress on some of the project's most important elementsThe main support towers are nearing their final heights of 220 metres/722 feet, just two metres shy of Detroit's tallest building, the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center.
As the towers wrap up, the bridge deck now begins to extend over the river from both ends. This six-lane road deck may look precarious but it is firmly fixed to the support towers via the growing network of stay cables.
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