Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and other Michigan officials are responding after President Donald Trump threatened to block the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge in Detroit. STORY: https://wwmt.com/news/state/michigan-speaker-matt-hall-donald-trump-comments-gordie-howe-international-bridge-construction-block-trade-deals-detroit-river-united-states-canada-nation | News Channel 3 WWMT TV

President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to block the Gordie Howe International Bridge from opening between the United States and Canada unless our neighbors to the north "fully compensate" the U.S. "for everything we have given them" and turn over at least half of the bridge's ownership. Work on the bridge began in 2018 and was negotiated by former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and paid for by the Canadian government to help ease congestion over the existing Ambassador Bridge and Detroit-Windsor

The Gordie Howe International Bridge is getting closer to completion, with opening set for this fall for the new crossing over the Detroit River between the United States and Canada The final tower crane on the American side is set to be taken down by the end of this week, a milestone in the multi-year construction of the bridge Construction on the crossing first began in 2018. The bridge’s design includes the longest main span of any cable-stayed bridge in North America The bridge will compleme