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Harper announces new Windsor-Detroit bridge to be named after Gordie Howe
CP24 ^ | May 13, 2014

Posted on 05/14/2015 9:35:59 AM PDT by Squawk 8888

WINDSOR, Ont. - A new bridge between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit will be named after hockey legend Gordie Howe.

Howe, who is now 87, was born in Floral, Sask., and came to be known as "Mr. Hockey."

The still-to-be built Gordie Howe International Bridge is expected to be operational in 2020.

The Windsor-Detroit corridor is the busiest commercial land crossing between the two countries and the border has long been a bottleneck.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the announcement today along with Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder at the river separating Canada and the U.S.

Harper praised Howe as a proud Canadian who led the Detroit Red Wings to four Stanley Cup wins and built goodwill between the two countries.


TOPICS: Canada; Culture/Society; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: canada; detroit; floral; gordiehowe; michigan; ontario; redwings; ricksnyder; saskatchewan; stanleycup; stephenharper; windsor
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1 posted on 05/14/2015 9:35:59 AM PDT by Squawk 8888
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To: cripplecreek; Clive; exg; Alberta's Child; albertabound; AntiKev; backhoe; Byron_the_Aussie; ...

Canada Ping!

2 posted on 05/14/2015 9:38:28 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Will steal your comments & post them on Twitter)
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To: Squawk 8888

Well, we already have the AutoRoute Maurice Richard from Gatineau to Montreal (Quebec AutoRoute #50).


3 posted on 05/14/2015 9:39:25 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("Keeping your stick down used to be a commandment, but not anymore" Harry Sinden, 1988)
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To: Squawk 8888

I havent researched this possibility but I truly hope that the bridge wasnt built by the same people who botched the san francisco bay bridge.


4 posted on 05/14/2015 9:41:39 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Squawk 8888

That’s racist. Hockey is a white man’s sport. /s


5 posted on 05/14/2015 9:42:09 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: Squawk 8888

That’s a nice touch and very fitting.........


6 posted on 05/14/2015 9:43:29 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (November 2016 shall be set aside as rodent removal month.)
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To: Squawk 8888

It sure was great watching Gordy and his sons when they were playing for Houston.


7 posted on 05/14/2015 9:43:43 AM PDT by Clay Moore (Keep JRandomFreeper in you prayers)
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To: Squawk 8888

Good call.


8 posted on 05/14/2015 9:43:50 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Squawk 8888

Oh well.

My buddy Cal Swenson after being hit by Howe in the first period for no reason, bided his time til the third period then did a clean hit.

Howe complained to the ref that Cal didn’t know who he was and who does he think he is etc.

Perhaps he’s changed some.

Cal died new year’s day 2014. He was a good guy.


9 posted on 05/14/2015 9:44:58 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Squawk 8888

Will it have an exit ramp to Cheetah’s?


10 posted on 05/14/2015 9:45:10 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: MeshugeMikey

I hope not. My hometown of Detroit is looking forward to the new Gordie Howe Bridge. I recall the Red Wings playing at The Olympia and Cobo Hall downtown. They don’t need the drama of flimsy craftsmanship or inferior parts. There was a big blow up last year in the Bay Area, when the brand new bridge developed several areas of early corrosion. Turns out most the parts were from China. I heard most of the workers on the bridge were Chinese, not Americans. Govt. Brown was ‘deaf’ to any complaints of farming out american jobs.


11 posted on 05/14/2015 9:51:03 AM PDT by lee martell (The sa)
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The Chinese gifted us with their usual high quality exports..

Drywall Pet Food. Baby Formula....Bridge Parts....MMM MMM GOOD!

I grew up in Flint Michigan so Im familiar with the territory.

I was fan of the WIndsor tunnel back in those days, and I am old enough to remember Gordie Howe!


12 posted on 05/14/2015 10:01:55 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Squawk 8888

Hahahahaha...is a truck going to smash you into a guardrail as you cross????

It is all good...Gordie Howe was GREAT!


13 posted on 05/14/2015 10:04:07 AM PDT by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant.)
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Boston fan here...:)


14 posted on 05/14/2015 10:05:15 AM PDT by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant.)
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I was pulling for ya Gordie and I'm not even a Hockey fan. It just sounded a whole lot better than the International Trade Crossing Bridge.

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15 posted on 05/14/2015 10:08:49 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: Resolute Conservative

Not being familiar with the area, I assume Cheetah’s is an “adult entertainment” venue.


16 posted on 05/14/2015 10:10:39 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: cripplecreek

I think it should be named the USA/Canadian Terrorist Entry Bridge.


17 posted on 05/14/2015 10:10:45 AM PDT by Toespi
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To: Ouderkirk

You are correct.


18 posted on 05/14/2015 10:13:09 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: lee martell
It took a long time coming and Snyder despite everything else, was a tough negotiator. The agreement wasn't signed till there was a stipulation that it would be built and staffed using half American labor.

Obama and the democrats flap their gums about infrastructure funding but his offer to fund the American infrastructure came with strings attached. He offered $250 million for the customs plaza with the stipulation that Snyder give $100 million to Detroit pension funds that have nothing to do with anything. Snyder turned it down.


19 posted on 05/14/2015 10:23:55 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: Toespi

Call it whatever you want, Detroit is still the second busiest freight crossing on the continent after Laredo. Eliminating the bottleneck will very likely cause the amount of freight to increase and surpass Laredo.


20 posted on 05/14/2015 10:26:01 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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