Gordie Howe Bridge Border wait times

About this crossing

The Gordie Howe International Bridge opened to vehicle traffic on 27 July 2026, connecting Windsor, Ontario with Detroit, Michigan. It is the newest of the three Detroit–Windsor crossings, and the only one you can cross on foot or by bike.

The bridge is open to vehicles 24 hours a day, every day. The walking and cycling path is not — it has its own limited hours, set out below.

The bridge carries six lanes of traffic, feeding 16 toll lanes and 60 Canadian and U.S. inspection booths — substantially more inspection capacity than either the Ambassador Bridge or the tunnel.

Who can cross here

The bridge accepts personal vehicles, personal vehicles with trailers, large commercial and passenger vehicles, and hazardous and oversized loads — the last two under their own permit requirements.

Select NEXUS or Trucks above to see those lanes when the agencies report them separately. CBSA does not report NEXUS times separately for Canada-bound traffic, so that option is unavailable in that direction.

Walking or cycling across

The multi-use path opened on 5 August 2026 and is free to use.

1 April – 31 October

8:00 am – 8:00 pm

1 November – 31 March

8:00 am – 4:00 pm

Last entry

1 hour before closing

Crossing time, one way

≈20 min by bike · ≈45 min on foot

Path speed limit

20 km/h

Access to the path ends one hour before closing so everyone can finish crossing within operating hours, and nobody is admitted before 8:00 am. The crossing times above are for the walk or ride itself — border processing is a separate wait on top.

Planning to walk both ways? That is about 90 minutes of walking plus two border checks. In winter, when the path closes at 4:00 pm, start a round trip on foot by early afternoon or you will not get back before it shuts.

Carry a passport, enhanced licence, or other accepted travel document, for yourself and for any children with you. You clear customs on foot exactly as you would in a car.

What is not allowed on the path

Pedal-assist bikes are suspended for the first few weeks after 5 August 2026 while the path opens. They are normally permitted, so check with the operator before you ride rather than assuming either way.

Also barred at all times: electric scooters, electric skateboards, Segways, hoverboards, one-wheels, throttle-controlled bikes, skateboards, and roller or in-line skates.

Pets are not permitted, apart from identified service animals, which must stay leashed and under control.

During the opening period the operator is capping how many people can be on the path at once, with access first-come. Hours can also be cut short by extreme heat or cold, snow, ice, maintenance or agency operations.

These rules come from the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority and were checked on 5 August 2026. Because several are temporary, confirm with them before you set out.

Tolls

Cash is accepted here — Canadian or U.S., but only in the attended lanes. Cards, digital wallets and Breakaway accounts work in every lane.

Watch the height, not the vehicle type. Anything over 2.3 m (7.5 ft) — including RVs, tall vans and vehicles towing fifth wheels — is charged per axle rather than the flat car rate. A two-axle RV therefore pays $24.00 CAD, three times the car price. If you have a roof box or roof rack, use the attended lane so you are classified by a person rather than a sensor.

Breakaway is the operator’s prepaid discount programme, open to both personal and commercial customers. Rates above are in Canadian dollars as published on 5 August 2026; the operator also posts U.S. figures (about $5.75 for a car), but if you pay by card you are billed in Canadian dollars at your bank’s exchange rate whichever way you are travelling.

Detroit–Windsor tolls are moving quickly since this bridge opened, and the operator’s own pages are not fully consistent on the U.S. figures. Confirm current rates before you travel.

How to read the times above

“Reported” is when the agency observed the wait. “Feed checked” is when Border Delays last looked for new data — we check every five minutes, but CBP and CBSA publish roughly hourly, so a reading can be accurate and still be up to an hour old.

Agency figures generally measure the inspection queue, not the approach roads. Actual door-to-door time can be longer.