For years, leaders on either side of the Detroit River eagerly awaited the completion of the new Gordie Howe International Bridge, a $4.7 billion structure conceived as a means of strengthening US-Canada relations. Financed entirely by the Canadian government, it promises to ease gridlock on a nearby cross-border bridge and to be a boost for the regional supply chain.

But as the bridge inches closer to its opening date later this year, its economic prospects are clouded by President Donald Trump’s trade war and his policy attacks on Canada. Still, officials remain hopeful that the bridge will lure tourists (and trade) back to the US — and maybe even become an attraction itself, contributor Vince Guerrieri writes. Today on CityLab: Can This Bridge Ease the Troubled US-Canadian Relationship?

— Linda Poon 

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