What the Gordie Howe Bridge means for Detroit and Windsor

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What the Gordie Howe Bridge means for Detroit and Windsor

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Published on Jun 11, 2026, 3:35:12 PM
Total time: 00:21:26

Episode Description

For a century, Detroit and Windsor have felt like one community split by a river. Now the Gordie Howe International Bridge — the first publicly owned bridge to connect them — is close to opening, amid a standoff between Washington and Ottawa over who controls it.

Robyn Vincent talks with border-culture scholar Lee Rodney about what a new bridge can and can't reconnect — and who it's really for. 

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