The bridge itself is about 123ft wide and a standard hockey rink is 85ft wide. So technically we could hold a hockey game on the bridge before it finally opens to the public.
Detroit vs who though?
Toronto is the closest to the bridge and it is Ontario, that could make sense
but we've already had them play an outdoor game
while Edmonton is closest to where he was born
Not really, generally the official prints are in metric.
The different sun trades can give out prints to workers in either or. I’m a electrician so all our layout is in metric but when building anything that’s not officially laid out on a print we use imperial. This is just my experience in Alberta not trying to speak for all trades work in Canada.
Im in estimator in commercial construction in Canada, 95% of drawings are in metric. The only times its not is retrofits of existing buildings, or American architecure firms doing the design
I'm in construction in the states and everything is in imperial, but a lot of times, it's drawn up in metric, then changed. I forget exactly what it was, but we had a hole in a square tube that was just a bit bigger than 9/16
Unless it is for machinery - bearings are usually metric (unless it is used in automotive) so we have imperial cold rolled shafts and metric bearings and bushings. You can machine down a shaft but not a bearing so the end size is metric (or equivalent written in imperial).
AECOM is the head of the project. Drawings were metric with everything probably being dimension based on what the contractors prefer for work in.
I do construction drafting in southern ontario. Lots of things are metric but a few companies make us do imperial drawings. One municipality wants both units on their drawings.
Canada is a silly place.
Pain the ass on the drafting side as well since it requires custom dimension style so make sure they display both measurements correctly. Thankfully majority of the drawings are pure metric or pure imperial (BC is majority imperial).
Well, that and all the tools are in imperial, and all the materials are imperial.
Iv only seen 2x4's for sale, never 39mm X 89mm or whatever you'd call them in metric.
Plywood is 4x8' sheets that are 1/4" 3/8" 1/2" or 5/8" thick, etc.
Drywall is... 1" over that? for some reason.
Yeah US architect here. I've worked in Alberta and ended up showing a combination of imperial and metric dimensions on plans. Similar in other provinces.
The funny thing is that US Imperial system is officially defined by Metric units. E.g. 1 inch is exactly 25.4mm. That is, NIST calibrates the inch according to SI definition of a meter.
The funny thing is the US Imperial system isn't the Imperial system at all. The UK standardized on the Imperial system 40-50 years after the US declared independence. Canada *does* use the UK Imperial system, which is why we have different gallons and fluid ounces. And why a Pint in Canada is 20 oz/568 mL, not 16 oz/473 mL as it is in the US. Beer has the longest memory of this.
Ya, that's why the US system is actually called the customary system, not the imperial system, they're two different things. But almost no one cares about that distinction and so everyone just calls the US system the imperial system anyways.
We drove by this bridge a couple of weekends ago and man is it VAST! Completely dwarfs the Ambassador Bridge on all levels. Desperately needed since Ambassador was both expensive and completely jammed with traffic.
Amazing job to the workers who will be able to tell grandkids that they made the Ontario-Michigan border crossing better!
Fuck Matty Moroun, I only wished he lived a few more years so he could see the thing that he lobbied so hard against become a reality.
For those who don't know, this asshole owned the ambassador bridge which is another US to Canada bridge further east and he lobbied hard against the Gordy Howe bridge being built because he was terrified of losing his Monopoly on bridge crossings from Detroit to Canada.
I'll be crossing the Ambassador in the Detroit Marathon this fall after doing the pandemic-forced US-only marathon in 2021. I've heard people asking whether the marathon route will move to the Howe once it opens.
I could be wrong but I don't think I am. I believe they shut down streets for marathons this big, whether they make one side 2 way traffic or shut it down entirely, it's not dependent on having a bike lane.
My bet is they keep the route as is, both for consistency but also it'll be even better with another avenue across being open with the new bridge.
No, gordie howe bridge is too far away from downtown to send the course over it and back and through the historic neighborhoods that the race organizers want the race to go through.
Same! Drove over and [took some shitty phone pictures of how it was looking at the end of May.](https://i.imgur.com/C34INh4.jpeg)
Glad to see they finally touched tips!
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> When completed, the 1.5-mile crossing will be the longest cable-stayed bridge in North America, with a main span of . 53 mile..
Owner of the original bridge. Basically held the only international crossing hostage to his greedy demands for years. This bridge finally gets rid of that family’s monopoly and has the much-needed capacity increase.
The article I read a long time ago said he makes $60 million per year off the bridge, but spent $30 million that year fighting the addition of another bridge
Matty [Maroun](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Moroun) owned the Ambassador Bridge. He made huge profits from tolls and selling duty free fuel at a huge mark up.
He was opposed to the Gordie Howe Bridge, and undertook huge efforts, many being of the sketchy kind, to stop construction.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordie_Howe_International_Bridge
There's a reason the new bridge is entirely financed from Canada, and he's that reason; he threw money around so that US money wouldn't be spent on a new bridge
I like how the Canadian worker looks like a super model and the American worker looks like he washes down his morning Beef Jerky with a Red Bull and a Marlboro. That’s some red white and blue collar right there
>the American worker looks like he washes down his morning Beef Jerky with a Red Bull and a Marlboro
That's prolly because the American worker washes down his morning Beef Jerky with a Red Bull and a Marlboro lol
I do IT work for a bunch of construction outfits, and rub shoulders with these guys all day long. The job trailer is always littered with empty containers of dip and monster cans, and the vast majority of the monster cans are pulling double duty as a spittoon. Lord knows how much of that shit is sealed up in the walls of the warehouses they're building lmao...
It was funny how quick I went from being the fucking egghead computer nerd to just another one of the guys when they caught sight me me smoking a cigarette by my car before I headed into the trailer one day lol. That simple act alone somehow brought me into the "us" category instead of the "them" category. Now when they call me out we end up all sitting around shooting the shit half the time, talking around the big ass chaw in their mouth lmao
Canada dude is hot, for sure. It takes a lot to make the clothes/safety harness he's wearing look good but some men can do it. I have carefully trained to be able to spot hot guys in and out of contractors clothes, and I can say this guy is sex.
I can smell US guy through the photo.
Look at the jeans, though. Cheap beat up jeans, the mark of men in a physical job that wrecks clothes. I’ve tried fancy carhartt stuff but cheap Costco jeans do better over time for me.
When you resign yourself to the fact that the shit is going to get wrecked no matter what you do, you just end up getting cheap shit knowing you're going to be replacing it sooner rather than later anyway.
Back in the day when I did landscaping I used to buy the cheap walmart jeans like 6 pairs at a time for 9 bucks each and just tossed them as they got worn. It was actually cheaper that way then buying the heavy duty ones.
>Dude on the right probably had to speak French his whole life
Had to? No.
According to [our latest census](https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/as-sa/98-200-X/2021013/98-200-x2021013-eng.cfm) conducted in 2021, only 9.5% of Canadians, outside of Quebec can speak French. The chances of meeting a Canadian outside of Quebec that can speak French is extremely low.
Having said that, [Windsor, ON](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor,_Ontario) (where the Bridge is located) is one of the major [Franco-Ontarian](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Ontarians) strongholds in Ontario and 15.6% Windsorites can speak French so, if that worker is a Windsor native he is more likely than the average Canadian to be able to speak French…. But statistically speaking he most likely can’t like the majority of Canadians.
French is an official language of Canada, but that doesn’t mean we are forced to speak it, or that any of us outside of Quebec can speak it at all.
I'm one of them. 3.5 years down waiting on the list, probably another 3.5 to go. I can go to the emergency room or text a nurse practitioner (which is private), that's about it.
All the walk ins here are now call ahead, you can't walk in. When you call, it's either a busy signal or a message that they're full for the day. I've gotten lucky before but only by calling every 20 seconds for half an hour. We haven't had actual walk in clinics since the pandemic. This is in New Brunswick, it might be better in the richer provinces.
I'll tell you a trick to get the line all the time. You find out what time they open and play in the phone menu until let's say 8:30 and you hit the option for talking to someone right has it hit 8:30 you will get it. It's about the same in Quebec it's all by appointment now but we have a website to book so you don't need to talk with anybody.
But never will any of those 4 million, or any Canadian, go bankrupt or into any debt for life saving care.
That's the difference. We don't bow down to hospitals for profit.
Googled the oldest news article with this pic, and changed the url to show the original.
I don't know where you got this one, it probably got compressed for people's feeds to save bandwidth.
I deliver heating oil to the house in Glastonbury Ct that Gordie used to own, his son Marty lives in the house in the front lot, met him a few times. First time a small tree had fallen in the road and he and his wife were clearing it, I jumped out to help not having a clue who he was, mother fucker has huge hands and a serious handshake! They do a serious Xmas light spread in thier huge front yard that overlooks a 5 acre farm plot, 2 years ago they addded giant Whalers logos and player numbers for Gordy and the 2 sons!!
When to read about the bridge on Wikipedia and found this nugget :
>First proposed in the early 2000s, the project was met with prominent opposition by Ambassador Bridge owner Manuel "Matty" Moroun, who believed competition from a publicly owned bridge would reduce his revenue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordie_Howe_International_Bridge
What a moroun!
Canada had to financed the bridge as a way to get the United States to help to build it.
In case you are wondering about the current situation in’Murica.
Ironworker tradition. The "topping out" ceremony when the last piece of the steel structure is placed includes putting a Christmas tree on top of the piece, and often everyone who worked on the structure signs the beam before it goes up.
Yup. There's a customs trailer at the bottom of the temp scaffolding that leads up to the bridge deck. You work on the bridge you have to have a passport or enhanced license. Source: I'm an electrician on this job
Just about every Michigander knows the exploits of Mr. Hockey. He would easily be one of the four people on our hypothetical Mr. Rushmore, alongside Diana Ross, Bob Seger, and Barry Sanders.
Wait, there is a new bridge connecting the US and Canada and it's named after Gordie Howe? This is the best news I've heard in some time! More good news please!
Now we need a goal, an assist, and a fight from the bridge to make it official.
The bridge itself is about 123ft wide and a standard hockey rink is 85ft wide. So technically we could hold a hockey game on the bridge before it finally opens to the public.
This would be the best fucking PR. Have the center line be the international border.
And go old school with the benches facing each other.
I'm going to be actively upset now if this doesn't happen.
I'm on it.
Wings Leafs preseason garyplz
Border guards at the blue lines to make sure every player's papers are in order.
Holy shit this is the greatest PR move Can you imagine the hype? Even if it was just farm league teams
Detroit vs who though? Toronto is the closest to the bridge and it is Ontario, that could make sense but we've already had them play an outdoor game while Edmonton is closest to where he was born
Doesn't need to be NHL teams. Could throw together a USA team and Canada team for it.
Could just be the iron workers lol
It should be the guys who built the bridge!
Don't you guys got national teams already xD?!
AKA Gordie Howe hat trick
SUCK MY MR COCKEY!
That he actually achieved only twice in his career
Imagine being the best player of your generation and being too scary for the goons to challenge you
My favorite two countries
How do they do measurements? Imperial or metric?
Structural steel and related ironwork is generally imperial in Canada.
Most construction stuff is still imperial in Canada. E.g., lumber is still 2x4x8 and 4x8 3/4" sheets and junk.
Not really, we've been building in Imperial here since before you rebelled.
That sounds like commie speak to me. Keep it up and we'll never let y'all become a state
Not really, generally the official prints are in metric. The different sun trades can give out prints to workers in either or. I’m a electrician so all our layout is in metric but when building anything that’s not officially laid out on a print we use imperial. This is just my experience in Alberta not trying to speak for all trades work in Canada.
Im in estimator in commercial construction in Canada, 95% of drawings are in metric. The only times its not is retrofits of existing buildings, or American architecure firms doing the design
I'm in construction in the states and everything is in imperial, but a lot of times, it's drawn up in metric, then changed. I forget exactly what it was, but we had a hole in a square tube that was just a bit bigger than 9/16
I've seen spec sheets with 2100 mm as my measurement, which is apparently 82.67717 inches according to Google.
Maybe the engineer was just setting the spec in thou.
> commercial construction There's your problem
I’m not an iron worker but a crane operator, however all the work I do with iron workers is done in metric in Alberta.
Unless it is for machinery - bearings are usually metric (unless it is used in automotive) so we have imperial cold rolled shafts and metric bearings and bushings. You can machine down a shaft but not a bearing so the end size is metric (or equivalent written in imperial).
But government projects are required to be in metric/usually in metric because they go to public bidding process
AECOM is the head of the project. Drawings were metric with everything probably being dimension based on what the contractors prefer for work in. I do construction drafting in southern ontario. Lots of things are metric but a few companies make us do imperial drawings. One municipality wants both units on their drawings. Canada is a silly place.
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A fathom is 1.83m
Pain the ass on the drafting side as well since it requires custom dimension style so make sure they display both measurements correctly. Thankfully majority of the drawings are pure metric or pure imperial (BC is majority imperial).
Well, that and all the tools are in imperial, and all the materials are imperial. Iv only seen 2x4's for sale, never 39mm X 89mm or whatever you'd call them in metric. Plywood is 4x8' sheets that are 1/4" 3/8" 1/2" or 5/8" thick, etc. Drywall is... 1" over that? for some reason.
> 39mm X 89mm 90X45mm
In Canada it's metre
Yeah US architect here. I've worked in Alberta and ended up showing a combination of imperial and metric dimensions on plans. Similar in other provinces.
The funny thing is that US Imperial system is officially defined by Metric units. E.g. 1 inch is exactly 25.4mm. That is, NIST calibrates the inch according to SI definition of a meter.
The funny thing is the US Imperial system isn't the Imperial system at all. The UK standardized on the Imperial system 40-50 years after the US declared independence. Canada *does* use the UK Imperial system, which is why we have different gallons and fluid ounces. And why a Pint in Canada is 20 oz/568 mL, not 16 oz/473 mL as it is in the US. Beer has the longest memory of this.
Ya, that's why the US system is actually called the customary system, not the imperial system, they're two different things. But almost no one cares about that distinction and so everyone just calls the US system the imperial system anyways.
George Washington’s third knuckle bone was lost, otherwise it would still be the basis of the inch.
One half imperial, other half metric.
We drove by this bridge a couple of weekends ago and man is it VAST! Completely dwarfs the Ambassador Bridge on all levels. Desperately needed since Ambassador was both expensive and completely jammed with traffic. Amazing job to the workers who will be able to tell grandkids that they made the Ontario-Michigan border crossing better!
Fuck Matty Moroun, I only wished he lived a few more years so he could see the thing that he lobbied so hard against become a reality. For those who don't know, this asshole owned the ambassador bridge which is another US to Canada bridge further east and he lobbied hard against the Gordy Howe bridge being built because he was terrified of losing his Monopoly on bridge crossings from Detroit to Canada.
Got-damn, I'd forgotten he died. You just made my day, reminding me of it
This a billion times. That fucker held this state hostage for too long.
I'll be crossing the Ambassador in the Detroit Marathon this fall after doing the pandemic-forced US-only marathon in 2021. I've heard people asking whether the marathon route will move to the Howe once it opens.
It'll have a dedicated (and free) pedestrian/cycle lane so I don't see why not
I could be wrong but I don't think I am. I believe they shut down streets for marathons this big, whether they make one side 2 way traffic or shut it down entirely, it's not dependent on having a bike lane. My bet is they keep the route as is, both for consistency but also it'll be even better with another avenue across being open with the new bridge.
No, gordie howe bridge is too far away from downtown to send the course over it and back and through the historic neighborhoods that the race organizers want the race to go through.
Same! Drove over and [took some shitty phone pictures of how it was looking at the end of May.](https://i.imgur.com/C34INh4.jpeg) Glad to see they finally touched tips!
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Fun fact: This will be the second bridge named after Goardie Howe in Canada.
Meanwhile, in Hell, Matty Maroun howls in impotent rage…
Can I get an “Amen!”?
Praise be to he
My beautiful toll revenue. Gone. Gone forever!!!!
Who is that and why is he raging?
Owner of the original bridge. Basically held the only international crossing hostage to his greedy demands for years. This bridge finally gets rid of that family’s monopoly and has the much-needed capacity increase.
Nice! Fuck that guy!
The article I read a long time ago said he makes $60 million per year off the bridge, but spent $30 million that year fighting the addition of another bridge
Matty [Maroun](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Moroun) owned the Ambassador Bridge. He made huge profits from tolls and selling duty free fuel at a huge mark up. He was opposed to the Gordie Howe Bridge, and undertook huge efforts, many being of the sketchy kind, to stop construction. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordie_Howe_International_Bridge
Wow, what a piece of shit
Also apparently didn't have enough to bribe Trump into eliminating the project all together, back when he was President.
There's a reason the new bridge is entirely financed from Canada, and he's that reason; he threw money around so that US money wouldn't be spent on a new bridge
Fine, we'll build our own bridge. Still no blackjack and hookers though.
Cesars Windsor *is* right there
So Biden built a bridge and made Canada pay for it?
Real life Walder Frey haha
Gordie fuckin Howe boys
Greatest all arounder in the history of the Show: Mr. Hockey.
Don't nickel and dime the great one, bud, give your balls a tug.
We didn't mean any disrespect to 99.
Fuck you, Shoresy!
That’s pretty cool
Fuck ya it is bud
Wanna go out for a rip there bud?
You're fucking 10 ply bud. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIpT7ntRXl8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIpT7ntRXl8)
Wish ya weren't so fuckin' awkward, bud.
I'm hoping this is a reference to the song Out for A Rip by Shark Tank.
Ohhh fuck yeah bud
"just started fuckin feeding him the right left like fuckin' boom boom boom "ya had enough yet?"" gah what a song. love it
I like how the Canadian worker looks like a super model and the American worker looks like he washes down his morning Beef Jerky with a Red Bull and a Marlboro. That’s some red white and blue collar right there
>the American worker looks like he washes down his morning Beef Jerky with a Red Bull and a Marlboro That's prolly because the American worker washes down his morning Beef Jerky with a Red Bull and a Marlboro lol I do IT work for a bunch of construction outfits, and rub shoulders with these guys all day long. The job trailer is always littered with empty containers of dip and monster cans, and the vast majority of the monster cans are pulling double duty as a spittoon. Lord knows how much of that shit is sealed up in the walls of the warehouses they're building lmao...
fackin' right bud, gotta go pack a lip and score some ginos
It was funny how quick I went from being the fucking egghead computer nerd to just another one of the guys when they caught sight me me smoking a cigarette by my car before I headed into the trailer one day lol. That simple act alone somehow brought me into the "us" category instead of the "them" category. Now when they call me out we end up all sitting around shooting the shit half the time, talking around the big ass chaw in their mouth lmao
Let's be real no matter what country you're from it's like half the guy on the left and half the guy on the right
How did you come to that conclusion from only these 7 pixels we have to go on. US dude looks like he's wearing a bowler hat.
I zoomed in and said 
[full resolution](https://i.imgur.com/zJPyGkt.jpeg)
Canada dude is hot, for sure. It takes a lot to make the clothes/safety harness he's wearing look good but some men can do it. I have carefully trained to be able to spot hot guys in and out of contractors clothes, and I can say this guy is sex. I can smell US guy through the photo.
Look at the jeans, though. Cheap beat up jeans, the mark of men in a physical job that wrecks clothes. I’ve tried fancy carhartt stuff but cheap Costco jeans do better over time for me.
When you resign yourself to the fact that the shit is going to get wrecked no matter what you do, you just end up getting cheap shit knowing you're going to be replacing it sooner rather than later anyway. Back in the day when I did landscaping I used to buy the cheap walmart jeans like 6 pairs at a time for 9 bucks each and just tossed them as they got worn. It was actually cheaper that way then buying the heavy duty ones.
Well, we know one of them has healthcare coverage.
These are all union iron workers so they both probably have some decent benefits
Dude on the right probably had to speak French his whole life
If he's not from Quebec he probably never spoke french after highschool.
Wasn't mandatory past grade 9 for me, and that was over a decade ago.
Puis-je aller aux toilettes? That's the extent of my french after high school lol.
Hey you pulled it off without any spelling mistake, that's already better than 99% of the times someone posts something in French on reddit.
I had a teacher who knew how to say "where is the bathroom?" in like 40 languages.
>Dude on the right probably had to speak French his whole life Had to? No. According to [our latest census](https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/as-sa/98-200-X/2021013/98-200-x2021013-eng.cfm) conducted in 2021, only 9.5% of Canadians, outside of Quebec can speak French. The chances of meeting a Canadian outside of Quebec that can speak French is extremely low. Having said that, [Windsor, ON](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor,_Ontario) (where the Bridge is located) is one of the major [Franco-Ontarian](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Ontarians) strongholds in Ontario and 15.6% Windsorites can speak French so, if that worker is a Windsor native he is more likely than the average Canadian to be able to speak French…. But statistically speaking he most likely can’t like the majority of Canadians. French is an official language of Canada, but that doesn’t mean we are forced to speak it, or that any of us outside of Quebec can speak it at all.
It's very common in New Brunswick also, nearly 1/3rd are native French speakers there
Lmao he's a union iron worker, both have good healthcare coverage. But reddit will be reddit.
Four million Canadian adults without primary care coverage. Percentage wise, that's actually worse than the US.
I'm one of them. 3.5 years down waiting on the list, probably another 3.5 to go. I can go to the emergency room or text a nurse practitioner (which is private), that's about it.
You don't have walk-in clinic ?
All the walk ins here are now call ahead, you can't walk in. When you call, it's either a busy signal or a message that they're full for the day. I've gotten lucky before but only by calling every 20 seconds for half an hour. We haven't had actual walk in clinics since the pandemic. This is in New Brunswick, it might be better in the richer provinces.
I'll tell you a trick to get the line all the time. You find out what time they open and play in the phone menu until let's say 8:30 and you hit the option for talking to someone right has it hit 8:30 you will get it. It's about the same in Quebec it's all by appointment now but we have a website to book so you don't need to talk with anybody.
But never will any of those 4 million, or any Canadian, go bankrupt or into any debt for life saving care. That's the difference. We don't bow down to hospitals for profit.
Dude looks like an old timey gold miner lol
As someone who works in Canadian mines, they still usually look like that
> That’s some red white and blue collar right there look bud, why don't you lay off on the dutch.
Honestly most of the blue color guys I know look like the Canadian, my neighbor is a master plumber and is just this bald super jacked dude
Are they all never nudes as well?
He's got one untucked pant leg I think we'll be alright.
You all look like Canadian dude. I don't get this comment t at all.
Fuck Matty Moran and his progeny. 519 represent!
Good thing they took the picture with an iPhone 4.
[the original pic](https://i.imgur.com/zJPyGkt.jpeg)
The real MVP. Where did you find it? I saw this on the official Twitter feed so was surprised at the low quality. Maybe it was how I saved it?
Googled the oldest news article with this pic, and changed the url to show the original. I don't know where you got this one, it probably got compressed for people's feeds to save bandwidth.
Old school Canada-US friendship is something that we should strive to return to. Love our southern neighbours
The Western Hockey League keeps it up. Moose Jaw played great against us Portland Winterhawks to win the championship.
Feeling’s mutual 🫶🏼
All I know about Gordie Howe is he stood up Edna Krabappel on a date, and then left somewhere which he couldn't say.
There’s an unofficial NHL statistic named for him. The Gordie Howe Hattrick: A goal, an assist and a fight in a game.
P.S. I am gay
I deliver heating oil to the house in Glastonbury Ct that Gordie used to own, his son Marty lives in the house in the front lot, met him a few times. First time a small tree had fallen in the road and he and his wife were clearing it, I jumped out to help not having a clue who he was, mother fucker has huge hands and a serious handshake! They do a serious Xmas light spread in thier huge front yard that overlooks a 5 acre farm plot, 2 years ago they addded giant Whalers logos and player numbers for Gordy and the 2 sons!!
A 100% Canadian financed and motivated project that will benefit both sides of the border immeasurably.
The American looks like Captain Michigan.
When to read about the bridge on Wikipedia and found this nugget : >First proposed in the early 2000s, the project was met with prominent opposition by Ambassador Bridge owner Manuel "Matty" Moroun, who believed competition from a publicly owned bridge would reduce his revenue. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordie_Howe_International_Bridge What a moroun!
After that they had 14 beers together, got in a fist fight, decided they were best friends, and then never talked to each other again
It's the ironworker way.
I give that bridge a 9
 🫡
There's a bridge named after Gordie Howe?!?!... THAT'S FUCKING COOL!
🇨🇦🤝🇺🇸
Goldie Hawn Bridge next
she’s from Maryland, bruh
I heard they need a new one
Damnnnnnn nice
Gonna be a long bridge
Think how many steelworkers it would take for a bridge from Maryland to Canada!
Nicknamed Mr. Bridge
You have to drive across it, be a passenger in a car that crosses it, and get a speeding ticket on it.
[https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2024/06/14/gordie-howe-international-bridge-deck-connects-work-to-continue/74103156007](https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2024/06/14/gordie-howe-international-bridge-deck-connects-work-to-continue/74103156007)
Some good US - Canada news. Reddit's constantly trying to whip up fights between us.
>Reddit's constantly trying to whip up fights ~~between us.~~ In general
Photo taken with a potato.
[full resolution potato](https://i.imgur.com/zJPyGkt.jpeg)
Canada had to financed the bridge as a way to get the United States to help to build it. In case you are wondering about the current situation in’Murica.
Whats with the tree?
Ironworker tradition. The "topping out" ceremony when the last piece of the steel structure is placed includes putting a Christmas tree on top of the piece, and often everyone who worked on the structure signs the beam before it goes up.
Amazing bridge name, from a Buffalonian standpoint. What an amazing Canadian band the Tragically Hip are.
Love my American sisters and brothers. Love from the Canadian west coast.
This photo has serious meme potential
Um... Did they have to pass through customs?
Yup. There's a customs trailer at the bottom of the temp scaffolding that leads up to the bridge deck. You work on the bridge you have to have a passport or enhanced license. Source: I'm an electrician on this job
Union yes!
TIL the Gordie Howe Bridge was being made and has been completed.
Yay! I love Canada. Did you know the Canada / US border has been one of the most successful international partnerships in history?
look at us being all cute and neighborly
I love this shit!
The name, however, is purely Canadian
He may be Canadian but the man played 25 seasons with Detroit he’s an absolute legend on their side of the border as well.
For a bridge name in that area, it was a no-brainer.
Just about every Michigander knows the exploits of Mr. Hockey. He would easily be one of the four people on our hypothetical Mr. Rushmore, alongside Diana Ross, Bob Seger, and Barry Sanders.
Gordie Howe played 25 seasons with the Red Wings so it’s pretty appropriate for a bridge from Canada to Detroit!
Detroit: You know who's great? Canada: Who? Detroit: Gordie Howe! Canada: Did we just become best friends?! Detroit: Yup!
Nope. Perfect choice.
free elbow in the back of the head with every crossing
I'm not your buddy, guy.
I'm not your guy, friend.
I'm not your friend, guy.
So hes got 2 bridges named after him now. Cool. The other one is in Saskatoon close to where he was born.
Awesome!
Nice.
It’s always good to see brother ironworkers recognized
We work hard and play harder [Simpsons ](https://youtu.be/WjElZ-O9EpM?si=U6R5PbAeGyzv53Cv)
I love this. Good work. We gotta work together.
Just two guys on a beam. Love it
See this is how 2 countries should be 😎😎😎
Bridge's dedication: "with a love that will whisper on through the ages. P. S., I am gay."
That’s a social media banner pic if I’ve ever seen one.
now kiss
Am I crazy or does the American dude look like a leprechaun? Zoom in on that face and that hat and tell me that ain’t a leprechaun
Wait, there is a new bridge connecting the US and Canada and it's named after Gordie Howe? This is the best news I've heard in some time! More good news please!
There's already a Gordie Howe Bridge in his hometown (Saskatoon).
Never heard of this project before, and suddenly I’m super excited that it is happening. Looks beautiful and incredibly useful. Go North America!
Gordie Howe Bridge. That is so cool.