Land preparation for the Gordie Howe International Bridge
By David Lafreniere
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- Matt Oldewening, a project manager with the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority, inspects a nine-metre berm on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017. The berm will become the offramp from Hwy 401 to the new Gordie Howe International Bridge. It is the highest elevation change to the site that is being prepared for construction of the bridge and customs plaza. (Photo by David Lafreniere)
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- Workers on the Gordie Howe International Bridge project bury electrical cables is to prepare the site for construction of the new bridge on Wednesday, November 29, 2017. Power from existing hydro towers are being moved underground and the towers removed. (Photo by David Lafreniere)
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- Edward Quinlan, a labourer on the Gordie Howe International Bridge project, erects a safety rail around a pump chamber on November 29, 2017. The site is being prepared for construction of a new bridge. (Photo by David Lafreniere)
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- With security looking on reporters in hard hats and safety vests gather for an impromptu press interview in Metro Detroit’s Delray, Michigan on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017. The interview was part of a press day held by the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority who provided a technical briefing on the progress of the Gordie Howe International Bridge project. After the briefing reporters were given a tour of construction and land acquisition sites on both sides of the Detroit River. (Photo by David Lafreniere)
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- A reporter photographs the Detroit side of the Detroit River embankment where the Gordie Howe International Bridge will land on Wednesday Nov. 29, 2017. The Bridge will land on the Detroit side of the river immediately North of Zug island in Delray, Michigan between the two silos pictured. (Photo by David Lafreniere)
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- Workers remove a rail spur on the Detroit River waterfront in Metro Detroit on Wednesday, Nov 29, 2017. The tracks are being removed to make way for the Gordie Howe International Bridge. The rock piles in the background are in Windsor, Ont. on the Canadian side of the bridge project. (Photo by David Lafreniere)
By David Lafreniere
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