{"id":723,"date":"2026-06-12T05:08:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T05:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=723"},"modified":"2026-06-12T05:08:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T05:08:25","slug":"opening-of-canada-us-bridge-that-trump-threatened-to-block-is-delayed-over-unresolved-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=723","title":{"rendered":"Opening of Canada-US bridge that Trump threatened to block is delayed over unresolved \u2018issues\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>DETROIT (AP) \u2014 The opening of <span>a Canadian-U.S. bridge<\/span> across the Detroit River, which President Donald Trump had previously threatened to block, was delayed Thursday due to unresolved issues.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=721\">Ousted South Korean President Yoon given prison term for drone flights over Pyongyang<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a statement released before a scheduled Friday ribbon-cutting ceremony at the bridge, the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority said that \u201cCanada and the United States have agreed to delay the opening of the bridge, taking the necessary time to resolve any outstanding issues.\u201d It didn\u2019t elaborate on what those issues are or how long the delay would last.<\/p>\n<p>The 1.5-mile-long (2.4-kilometer-long) Gordie Howe International Bridge spans the Detroit River and connects the Motor City with Windsor, Ontario. The bridge is jointly owned by Canada and Michigan and was expected to open to traffic later this month.<\/p>\n<p>But the opening had been thrown into question after Trump in February demanded in a social media post that Canada turn over at least half of the bridge\u2019s ownership to the U.S. federal government and agree to other unspecified demands in one of the Republican president\u2019s many salvos over cross-border trade issues.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Michigan officials and the White House had been in contact for months about the bridge following Trump\u2019s post, with the understanding that the opening would move forward Friday. Invitations for the bridge\u2019s opening went out this week following a conversation between Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, and White House chief of staff Susie Wiles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project is a powerful example of bipartisan and international cooperation, and the governor looks forward to attending the ribbon-cutting ceremony when it happens,\u201d a statement from Whitmer spokesperson Bobby Leddy said.<\/p>\n<h2>New bridge a \u201clong-term play\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Internal disagreements within the Trump administration threw those plans into question, as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick pushed back on the opening, according to two people with knowledge of the matter who insisted on anonymity to discuss the private talks.<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not immediately return a request for comment Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday evening, \u201cAt the request of the United States we agreed to delay the opening and take the necessary time to resolve outstanding issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cThere are some things that have been raised, a series of technical aspects, which we will work through with the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<!-- AP \"Read More\" embed (place mid-article) --><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Even with the delay, officials remained optimistic that the bridge \u2014 a roughly $4.4 billion project \u2014 is still expected to open.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe need to keep this very much in perspective,\u201d said Sandy Baruah, president of the Detroit Regional Chamber and former U.S. assistant secretary of commerce. \u201cOur organization, the state of Michigan and others have been working on this bridge for 20 years. If it opens July 1, Aug. 1 or Sept. 1, I\u2019m not going to get overly agitated about it. This is a long-term play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Named after the late Canadian Hockey great Gordie Howe, who spent 25 seasons leading the Detroit Red Wings, the bridge is expected to be another vital economic artery between Canada and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=719\">Ukraine hits fuel supplies to Crimea, sparking a fuel crisis on the Russian-held peninsula<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The construction project was negotiated by Rick Snyder, the former Republican governor of Michigan, and paid for by Canada to help ease congestion at the existing Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit-Windsor tunnel. Work has been underway since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat, said she\u2019s taking people at their word that the holdup is \u201ca minor hiccup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is probably the most bipartisan issue in the state of Michigan, so it\u2019s ridiculous that we can\u2019t just seal the deal,\u201d Slotkin said.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Commerce and border crossings<\/h2>\n<p>Detroit and Windsor have been neighborly for generations, with residents in both countries frequently crossing the shared river border for entertainment and shopping. Windsor\u2019s population in 2021 was about 230,000. Like Detroit, the Canadian city\u2019s economy has a strong focus on manufacturing and the auto industry.<\/p>\n<p>Commercial trade between the two cities primarily has been across the nearly century-old and privately-owned Ambassador Bridge, which is closer to downtown Detroit than the Gordie Howe Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>The Ambassador Bridge had been the busiest commercial border crossing between the United States and Canada until last year, when truck traffic along the Blue Water Bridge connecting Port Huron, Michigan, to Sarnia, Ontario, surpassed the Ambassador Bridge\u2019s numbers, according to the Bridge and Tunnel Operators Association.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, about 2.1 million trucks crossed the Blue Water Bridge compared to just over 1.8 million that used the Ambassador Bridge. About 3.5 million passenger vehicles used the Ambassador Bridge last year, while 1.6 million crossed via the Blue Water Bridge. <\/p>\n<p>Combined, more than 9.2 million vehicles crossed the border on those two bridges in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics.<\/p>\n<p>More than 3.7 million cars and SUVs also traveled between the United States and Canada last year via the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Both bridges and the tunnel are working at full capacity, and the new bridge will help improve the efficiency of commercial and personal traffic between the two countries, Baruah said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what government is supposed to do, make it easier for business to conduct commerce,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=717\">\ufeff\ufeffUS puts up $750K to evacuate an American who was aboard hantavirus cruise ship from remote island<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Cappelletti reported from Washington.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The opening of a Canadian-U.S. bridge across the Detroit River, which President Donald Trump had previously threatened to block, has been delayed due to unresolved issues. The Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority said Thursday, ahead of a scheduled Friday ribbon-cutting ceremony, that Canada and the United States have agreed to delay the bridge&#8217;s opening. The bridge authority hasn&#8217;t elaborated on how long the delay will last. The Gordie Howe International Bridge is jointly owned by Canada and Michigan and was expected to open to traffic later this month. The Republican U.S. president in February demanded that Canada turn over at least half the ownership of the bridge to the U.S. federal government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Opening of Canada-US bridge that Trump threatened to block is delayed over unresolved \u2018issues\u2019 - Top Moving Pros<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=723\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Opening of Canada-US bridge that Trump threatened to block is delayed over unresolved \u2018issues\u2019 - Top Moving Pros\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The opening of a Canadian-U.S. bridge across the Detroit River, which President Donald Trump had previously threatened to block, has been delayed due to unresolved issues. 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