Iron Workers Local 25 Install The Last Steel Crossbeam | Gordie Howe International Bridge
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Iron Workers Local 25 celebrated after the last steel crossbeam was placed. The final connection will be pieced together with custom steel, made off site.
Gordie Howe International Bridge is a six lane bridge with a width that allows for a future expansion to eight lanes, and will still include the pedestrian trail. It's going be the longest cable-stayed bridge in North America and will also set a world record for the longest composite steel and concrete cable-stayed bridge deck in the world.
The Gordie Howe International Bridge will connect Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario, in Canada. The bridge is named after Gordie Howe, who played for the Detroit Red Wings. The bridge will facilitate trade and traffic between the US and Canada and provide another crossing point between Detroit and Windsor.
The bridge is designed as a cable-stayed bridge, with cables anchored to pylons that support the bridge deck. This design allows for longer spans with a nice appearance.
Six Lanes: The bridge will have three lanes in each direction to for vehicular traffic between Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario.
Pedestrian and Bicycle Access: The design includes pedestrian and bicycle access, providing alternative ways of transportation and recreational use of the bridge.
Customs and Inspection Facilities: The bridge will feature customs and inspection facilities on both the Canadian and U.S. sides to facilitate the fast flow of international trade and travel.
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Did anyone notice that the Canadian side is lower than the American side?
Quite a bit lower. I seen that last week when someone did a drone shot from the side and I thought how is that going to gets fixed.
I imagine it’s just a matter of adjusting the cables.
@@MilePost106 It's going to be fixed with the last edge girder. It remains one crossbeam (floorbeam) to connect with the last edge girder
it looked higher to me, but then again you dont show much of the cdn side.
None of the support cables have been torqued to specifications yet. The last couple are not even in place.
I like the way that they set up all these pieces with joiner plates, buckets of nuts and bolts, safety tie off cables before they lift....so organized that it almost looks simple.
They really know what they're doing out there!
That's what makes them true professionals, you really don't want to be the guy that forgot a critical fastener or tool when you're working 150 feet in the air!
You can't beat the safety, work ethic, standards of upper Mid West & British cousins when it comes to building!! Our skilled trades are second to none!! My daughter works on this bridge. She has worked ground,towers & now bridge deck.
Thank you, Canada!
The overhead shoot of the alinement in the last 45 seconds was the best revealing how accurate the scaffold rails & side frames are perfectly aligned, The height was off but tension still needs to be added to the stay cables that will line them up.
The Ironworkers are all bad asses!!!! They are a great breed!!! Hard working!!!! Congratulations all you guys ,we couldn't do it without you!!!! The Building Trades are a true breed!!!! 💪💪💪💪.... 👏👏👏👏..👊👊👊.....
👍🛠️🔧
Union workers supported by a pro union president. Thanks Uncle Joe!
Congratulations to ALL from Baltimore 🎉
Sorry for your loss, these guy ell save the day❤
Thank You Michael Anthony Videos. 🇨🇦 🇺🇸
My pleasure, Mr. West!
Yeah!!!! ❤
From I-75 North at the Rouge River, I love the view of downtowns and both bridges!!
Congrats everyone!! What a milestone! Ypu guys are awesome and have my utmost respect. Thank you, Michael, for being there and allowing us to share in this. Great job!
It's my pleasure Paul! Thank you for watching!
I agree!!
One has to admire the fiber technology in those lifting straps !!!
Congratulations iron works thank you for rebuilding America God bless each and every one of you, s amen
Thank you for watching!
Two thumbs up also to the steel fabrication plant and crews that are getting all of this steel assembled, painted and shipped, well done!
Detroit Local 25 Ironworkers, always ready for the job!!!!! 💪💪💪💪!!!!!
hard workers.
I can't believe how steady the drone is in that breeze!
It has a high rating for wind resistance.
I can't believe how long that drone can stay up!!!!
@@robertclymer6948 I changed the batteries 2 times.
Incredible, and this really dangerous work - they all need to be so focussed and synchronized! Best to all. WARNING; It's a cliff hanger!
Awesome video. What a great milestone in this construction
Thank you!
These guys are impressive but they would all tell you that this job is easier than some of the other structures they put together. Sometimes they will hang more than 100 pieces in a day and to do that it really takes a lot of team work. That’s when you see them at their best
A Job Well Done To All Who Made It Happen. Congratulations 😊
Nice job!! I really enjoy your videos; you've been keeping me updated, looks like the Detroit Iron workers are getting used to you. Looking forward to the connection.
Thank you Don! 👍
It’s an impressive bridge project❤❤
Thank you Ironworkers for you hard work and dedication to excellence!
Thank you for watching!
The depth of human ingenuity is simply staggering. It makes me wonder if our senior politicians on both sides of the border are in fact members of the same species that designed, engineered and constructed this fantastic bridge and the access to it.
I doubt it.
@@michaelanthonyvideos I hear ya brother 👍...I have met Siberian Huskies that have more common sense than our so called "elected" (and i use that term very loosely) leaders have! I'm so sorry those rent a cops treat you so terribly ...men with little peckers , right? Ha Ha! 🤏 xx ~M
@@micheldaubigne7629 They’re chosen, not elected to in my opinion. They’re not really stupid, they’re just selling out.
@@michaelanthonyvideos I agree 💯 per cent. PS..I have a ton of family in the Detroit area and I love that city ..Coney Islands and Vernors and the 101.1 WRIF ..B-B-Baby! Go Tigers!
@@micheldaubigne7629 I love it! WRIF the home of rock ‘n’ roll!
I love Vernors too, but it’s not like it used to be.
Marvelous video showing off professionals - one definition of such being taking a difficult job and making it look easy. Now here’s hoping you had a second drone showing us the amazing crane work.
Thank you for watching!
I couldn’t help but notice all of the 25 year old iron workers.
They got the agility, the foremen are on the platforms.
That's because the official retirement age for Ironworkers is 60. Connecting, bolting and impacting is a very physical job, not to mention climbing and walking iron!
retired after 30 yrs IW locals 378, 625 @ age 55 thinking i could get out young-ish without hurting too much in my 60s, 70s. Age 74- didn't work out that way. Great trade, zero regrets but it does take a toll on the body (mine anyway.)
We got a bunch of veteran Ironworkers out there connecting that iron, not a bunch of kids....
Those are the guys that actually earn their wages.
Love your work,, Just remember that you can't do it without a Operating Engineer Running that crane ,, Love you all and Iron working is hard, you gays are the best.
Thank you for watching!
Amazing job. Hats off to all the workers..
Congragatulation pBoth Country🎉😊❤
Thank you!
Amazing footage as always Michael!!! Thanks so much for sharing.
Thank you for watching Robert!
Nicely done guys! (Retiree local 75)
Well done Local 25!
It looked like the Canadians completed their side weeks ahead. Nonetheless, great job for both.
Good point!
I love how they just drive a big A crane out on the bridge.
With only the stay cables holding it up.
The closure of the gap should have officials from Canada and the US witnessing this historic occasion. 🎉
It seems like there would be a celebration.
great job 👍
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Good job guys
good footage
Thank you!
Yet another awesome video Michael. This satisfies the 8 year-old in me that always liked watching the construction guys. And special kudos to the crane operator who is able to maneuver these incredibly heavy beams so precisely! I don't know what they pay him, but he earns every penny of it.
I'm glad you enjoy the videos Scott, thank you!
Whooooooooooohooooooooooo!!!!!!!! Lets Go!!!! Great job!!! Cant wait to drive across it then walk the foot path!!!! and as usual Great Video!!!!! The over heads views are Awesome ❤
It’s going to be cool to drive and walk across it.
Way to go Boys... Kickin Frickin Ass
Classic American Union workers! Spotless job site
Thank my daughter( in part) for your comment of " spotless job site". She works as a foreman on the bridge!! She has worked the ground, towers & bridge deck. Her job is to maintain site cleanliness, order, organization. She is a member of Laborers Union( I forget the number).
@@shirleybalinski4535 Bravo!
Great video. Exactly why i got into drone photography. Wish drones were commonly available when i documented construction of the Port Mann project in Vancouver BC in 2010.
Thank you for watching!
Michael your the best ❤❤
That's very kind of you, thank you so much!
It's like a Giant Lego set 😊😊😊 Oh and Congratulations
Not the last crossbeam. Once the custom sized side girders are installed to bridge the gap, more cross beams will be installed.
Yes but that likely is from the Canadian side so for the US Ironworkers this would be the last.
Last on the American side, which is why the union was celebrating.
There are 2 cross beams that will be used in the 30-ish foot closure segment. Both are sitting on the ground on the Zug side of the bridge along with the support beams. The only unseen pieces are the 2 closure segment edge girders.
Television viewers think Washing DC is American culture, but those tough, smart, and strong ironworkers are American culture !!!
Not quite, but everyone has the own take on the video lol😅
yes lower one side congratulation
Great video
Thank you for watching!
Detroit Ironworkers ☠️🔩🔧
Sorry missed it
We drill and cut the closure girder in between will be there soon💪💪💪
That’s pretty gangster…
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last beam two trees one for the Canadians one for the Americans and the flags of both nations and the UN. We are getting close to being done. Good Job Iron Workers! just 20 feet left and the US is connected to Canada.
yeah, 👍
wondering if they will put the tree on.
We all know your grandfather would already have that bridge built look at the Mackinac Bridge
Thank you for watching!
Never saw a clip of them setting the bridge deck
One of the towers will be jacked+/- 0.15m north/south to get the final alignment. This was done on the Port Mann project to align the +/- 2m alignment.
Very interesting. 🧐
Quite the procedure involving lots of piles in the ground on tower to be jacked.
I hope, after all this effort and expense, that the materials used won't be damaged by salt over time.
I hope not. Thank you for watching!
What is the span of the gap now ? It was 85 ft according to your last video. Wonder what tricks they have up their sleeve to make the last section fit. It actually looks like it is misaligned. Probably an optical illusion.
I was just wondering the very same thing, good job. This is Canada's Baby Eh! I don't think they are going to mess it up, it's a self pride thing.
Each section is 15 meters (49.2 feet), so the midspan connector (closure section) is ~11 meters (36 feet).
Thank you Chris!
Ouch! My toe!! Lift it back up, you set it on my tooooooe!!
Maybe he was calling his mommy.
Is that by Bridge design that the Canadian span be kept 1 - 2 feet lower than American span side? Just wondering if it's intentional or not
Wow that ironworker is on the beam! Yikes!
Is that Local 700 on the Canadian side ?
Git er don Jack
The US side in a bit higher they may have to lower the us side or raise the Canadian side
If all the crossbeams are equally spaced apart, it looks to me that there is one more needed to connect the two halves together.
That will be placed by the Canadians.
According to the Gordie Howe International Bridge website, the mid-span closure section is made up of 2 edge girders, 2 floor beams, 9 redundancy girders, 12 precast concrete & stainless steel rebar panels, and 12 soffit panels. Unlike the other segments, the mid-span closure does not require stay cables. The installation process of the mid-span closure will take approximately four-to-six weeks and multiple steps.
@@SteveR59 💯
How much do the cross members weigh? The one that was going in place in this video...
It weighed 55,115 lbs. There are 112 bridge deck and road deck segments. For each segment there are: (2) edge girders @ 99,000 lbs, (3) floor beams @ 55,115 lbs, (9) redundancy girders @ 7275 lbs, (12) precast concrete & stainless steel rebar panels @ 35,274 to 55,115 lbs, and (12) soffit panels @ 7275 to 10,141 lbs. So each segment weighs between 939,408 and 1,211,892 lbs.
Thank you Steve!
seems like they still have more steel to install. crossbeams too
They are being custom made and will be placed by the Canadian workers.
When both sides are joined together will the workers half to go through customs each day.
I have said it before, I could never do this job!
It's definitely not for everyone. Plus you have all the weather elements.
Only a few feet or meters separating the two countries now at the international border.
only 30 year's late, a rail system and 3 more lanes each way would have been nice
the Port Man Bridge in Surrey British Columbia just recently was rebuilt and it didn't really make a difference, traffic still at a snails pace during rush hour
60 miles north is another border crossing with 2 bridges & an under river tunnel. That crossing is favored by truckers for ease of crossing & road connections because of current conditions in Detroit area. This new crossing, point of entrance & vastly upgraded roads & their connections, in Detroit, should relieve some of the aggravation of using Detroit as a POE. Remember too, as there is little " rush hour traffic"( local) in Detroit, as cross nation employment is not premitted, on a large scale.
This bridge will be a crashtrap with a only a double yellow line pavement marking separating opposing traffic directions.
They can start moving to Baltimore❤
If that's the last crossbeam, why is there still a huge gap between the two sides? If there's an obvious answer, I'm obviously missing it.
To me it looks like they still need another crossbeam.
There will be on the Canadian side.
I have said this before but the RH side looks higher. 8:58
It's definitely higher.
I,m seeing that the US side is about 70 Cm higher than the canadian side. Do they go back and tighten thousands of cables to raise it?
Yes it’s lower.
Or maybe lower the US side?
Cables are not all attached yet. Then they will need to be tightened correctly.
So Dad, what did you do at work today?
Oh, you know...
So now that it’s connected, do the workers need to go back through Customs at the end of every shift? 😂
Not quite connected, but once it is, "Once a physical connection is made over the Detroit River, the bridge is treated as an international crossing by Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) resulting in both agencies having a presence on respective bridge sites and all individuals accessing the bridge deck - including construction crews - being subject to the rules and legislation for international crossings." Quote taken from the Gordie Howe Internationl Bridge website.
@@SteveR59 well, I live on the St. Clair River and know how things on the boarder have changed after 911 and the immigration problem. I was trying to be a little sarcastic and funny, but you know they will be there. You would want guy trading smokes up there. 🤫
The ferry from Algonac used to be so easy to go through customs.
@@michaelanthonyvideos or Robert’s Landing and Marine City
It looks like a zilwaukee bridge problem coming us hi Canadian Low
Well done. Where is just a little Canadian flag. All american
There’s one on the Canadian side.
Not the last one the bridge is not conneted yet. Maybe the last one USA installs
I was thinking the same thing. There will be 2 more on the connection section.
This is the last beam installed by the US. The rest will be installed after the pieces are custom made by the Canadians.
What about canada
they going to put a tree on the last beam?
Maybe…
*ARE YOU GUYS FINISHED YET? I'M GETTING TIRED OF HOLDING THIS! THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!!*
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Why was this built in 1st place
# Florida
To get to the other side.
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How'd they cross b4??
I believe the old bridge is worn out.
Best thing would be to do a little research on the subject. There is a 100yo bridge, RR under river tunnel & a car tunnel at Detroit for border crossings. The bridge is 4 lanes but, can't handle the shipping anymore. The infrastructure surrounding the bridge & tunnels was not keeping up to demand & volume of traffic on both sides of the border. So, the new bridge, complete road systems & customs area were built to alleviate the issues. 60 miles north are 2 large bridges & an under river RR tunnel also. Detroit connects to I-75 & I-94 freeways. The one further north connects to I-94 & I-69 freeways. I-69 is ( on paper) a direct route from Canada to Mexico.
Why can’t drones have sound ?
I guess the wind would be too distracting.
Now,the Project is almost connected. Not finished,I know. But,it’s Progress. I wish Politicians would,act like this?? G
That would be nice! 😊 👍
The difference in height looks serious. Did they misconvert from meters to feet between the Canadian and American sides? I heard about a bridge in Europe that also ended up at different heights due to the fact that on both sides there were different zero marks above sea level, because they measured them relative to different seas
Just stop.
I believe that was a tunnel under the Alps.
One reference was the Mediterranean Sea, the other the North Sea. There is a difference in elevation between the two.
@@BasementEngineer It was Laufenburg bridge across the Rhine, opened in 2004. "Switzerland and Germany use different references for sea-level: the Mediterranean Sea and North Sea respectively. The result is that height above sea level differs by 270 millimetres (0.89 ft) between the two references. This quirk was known to the engineers and they accounted for it, but the calculations made a sign error. Rather than cancelling out this known difference, it instead doubled it to 540 millimetres (1.77 ft)"
@@yur1i Thanks for the correction.
Why are their pants bloused?
Where's the Canadian flag? You know, since it's an international bridge and Canada is paying for the whole thing.
At 09:34 of the video . . . . upper left.
Still on the American side. That's why no Canadian flag.
War never changes……
Mmmm. no music ? Different..oh well.
It's still processing.
No music? You can't hear very good. Had music right from the jump.
@@galewinds7696 I was too early viewing. 😂😂
@@blueman5924 🎵🎹
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This doesn't look like the last crossbeam
Was nice following progress with your videos but dmca striking youtubers because they used 21 seconds of footage (with proper credits) in their videos and transformed it leaves a bad taste in my mouth
They didn't ask me for my permission and want to enrich themselves off of footage that they are too lazy to take themselves. All they do is have an AI program put a video together and make money off of it without doing any of the work. That's in bad taste. They removed my watermark without my permission.
I contact these fly by nighters before I submit a copyright request and ask them to take it down but they are too unethical to do so.
Actually it may be people from China who don't even speak English or have any respect for our laws and values.
Either way, I'm not their slave that goes and does all the work so that they can steal it.
Also, I sell exclusive rights to my videos on stock video sites so it creates confusion for the company who purchased the exclusive rights footage.
What a juvenile editing of this professional work! Pitiful that you provide intrusive horrible music instead of the sounds of construction! Does an adult review these video prior to release? This is a rather awful format!
What a juvenile posting this with nothing else better to do in the entire world.
If it's a international bridge why wasn't there a Canadian flag along with the USA flags. That's BS last beam international bridge topping of ceremony. I think it's disrespectful. IMHO😊
It's up to the (Canadian) owners of the bridge to put as many Canadian flags as they feel is necessary on the Canadian side of their bridge. I notice Americans often put flags on nearly everything while Canadians tend to only do that much flag waving during certain holiday celebrations and at the Olympics and other international sports tournaments. Each to their own style. The two main towers have the giant flag of the appropriate country painted near the top IIRC.
Canadian flags are on the Canadian side. This was the last beam on AMERICAN side. Two more to go on CANDIAN side.
Because it's an American Union and American workers. I'm sure when the two sides connect, both flags will be up.
Nice video but the music is Wonky. Music sounds like a cross between AI junk and the old New Age music from the 80s.
Thank you for watching the video!
Oh, the stupid music