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Construction of the Gordie Howe Bridge reached a milestone in July with the midspan closure connecting the center of the 1.5-mile-long bridge.

Crews building the Gordie Howe International Bridge recently celebrated the milestone for the crossing between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.

Entities leading Canada-US crossing construction said project's overall contract value will rise from $4.1 billion to $4.9 billion.

The Gordie Howe will be the longest cable-stayed bridge in North America and fifth-longest in the world, easing congestion at the busiest crossing between the two countries.

The serpentine approaches of the Gordie Howe Bridge are necessary because of the right-of-way available to the P3 project's designers and the ground, weakened by previous salt mining, has taken extensive remediation to ready it for not one but four projects counting the ports of entry and the new Michigan interchange.

The proposed Gordie Howe International Bridge between the U.S. and Canada faces yet another legal challenge from the private owners of a rival, 86-year-old span.