Construction of the Gordie Howe International Bridge is about to see some major changes.

The last concrete pour for the sloped architectural heads at the top of the pylon head is now complete, and the US tower has reached its full height of 220 metres/722 feet. Crews will now begin removing the jump form system.

These last steps are anticipated to begin at the Canadian bridge tower in September.

Forever changing the shared skyline between Windsor and Detroit, the towers have been under construction since 2019. Underground foundational work and the tower footings were completed in December 2020 and included six shafts per tower leg drilled into the bedrock to a depth of 36 metres/118 feet. Lower pylon construction was completed in March 2022. During this work, the muraled jump forms encased the tower legs, providing workers an enclosed environment while each leg rose to nearly 140 metres/460 feet. Following the construction of the upper cross beam that merged the tower legs into a single structure, work on the pylon head of the tower has been steadily progressing.

Keep reading on windsorite.ca

• 
•