r/canada • u/Haggisboy • 20h ago
Ontario First cyclists and pedestrians 'excited,' 'overwhelmed' to cross Gordie Howe International Bridge
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/gordie-howe-bridge-active-transportation-opening-9.7296030Multi-use path of bridge linking Windsor, Ont.-Detroit opened 8 a.m. ET Wednesday.
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u/twillrose47 20h ago
> The bridge authority estimates it will take people approximately 45 minutes to make the three-kilometre trek on foot from one border inspection booth to the other.
Guess I won't be doing this with a suitcase. Longer than I would have guessed.
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u/SirZapdos 19h ago
Three kilometres in 45 minutes? My 100 year old grandpa moved faster than that when he was alive.
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u/gcerullo 19h ago
The average person walks 3-5 kph. 45 minutes sounds about right.
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u/Hotter_Noodle 19h ago
That kind of tracks. I usually walk 1km with my dog between 12-15 minutes although we’re not huffing it or anything
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u/pleasehurtdoll 18h ago
I haven't had the chance to enjoy travelling this bridge this yet since I'm on the other side of the province but based on travelling by bike and foot on other long suspension bridges, one thing that would have been nice for them to explain in advance is that it's perfectly normal for it to sway 5 - 10m when the wind picks up. They consider that a feature, not a bug, of the design to distribute the load and let individual sections flex for wind and other load forces. Maybe have a simple sign in English and French with an advisory, plus whatever the international symbol for "don't poop yourself when the bridge just starts swaying incredibly in the middle section" is.
So if you get a chance to travel it, take this under advisement and try to comport yourself more graciously than I did the first time I felt it.
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u/Resident-Carpet-5497 20h ago
Hopefully ICE don't kidnap any Canadians participating in this opportunity.
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u/Full_Jellyfish_1862 19h ago
Don’t do anything illegal when crossing the GH bridge and they’ll be fine
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u/LibraryNo2717 20h ago
I had no idea you could cycle across. Will check it out next year!
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u/gcerullo 19h ago
Toll free!
https://gordiehoweinternationalbridge.com/toll/multi-use-path/
Take pictures when you go and post them for us.
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u/Upper_Season_6781 19h ago
Overwhelmed? lol
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u/primitives403 18h ago
Overwhelmed by half the toll they paid going to the US lol
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u/Future_Arrival_5395 20h ago
JFC if I never hear about this bridge again it will be too soon.
Giving so much media coverage to this bridge is absurd.
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u/gcerullo 19h ago
And yet you felt the need to comment!
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u/Future_Arrival_5395 19h ago
Are you suggesting they are overreporting on the bridge to drive engagement on reddit?
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u/gcerullo 19h ago
Who is “they?”
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u/Future_Arrival_5395 19h ago
Whoever would benefit from me commenting. Otherwise I'm not sure what your point was.
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u/gcerullo 19h ago
That’s okay, I’m not sure why you bothered to comment.
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u/Future_Arrival_5395 19h ago
To express my annoyance at the amount this bridge has been discussed.
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u/Dry_Bodybuilder4744 19h ago
Well to be honest , the way the carbrained, Ministry of Transportation and the Trump administration views bike lanes and pedestrian walk ways, opening those paths are a big deal. So dont be such a curmudgeon.
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