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Detroit’s Gordie Howe bridge is poised to open as truck traffic between US-Canada slows – low-income residents are deciding whether to stay or go

  • Written by Paul Draus, Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Detroit’s Gordie Howe bridge is poised to open as truck traffic between US-Canada slows – low-income residents are deciding whether to stay or goThe Gordie Howe International Bridge connects Detroit, Mich., and Windsor, Ontario.John Coletti/Photodisc via Getty Images

Watching the space between two nations shrink became a regular pastime for Detroiters over the past decade as the segments of the Gordie Howe International Bridge gradually grew, extending meter by meter from Ontario on one...

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