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The long-awaited Gordie Howe International Bridge will be the longest cable-stayed bridge on the continent — and it will be constructed by the international builder group called Bridging North America.

The winning team — one of three finalists to bid on the landmark multibillion-dollar project — was announced in downtown Windsor on Thursday morning.

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“This is history in the making,” said Dwight Duncan, chair of the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority’s board of directors.

The announcement is one of the project’s most significant milestones since its beginnings in 2001 and its official naming in 2015.

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Once complete, the cable-stayed bridge will extend 853 metres between its Windsor and Detroit piers, making the main span the longest of its kind in North America.

According to the WDBA, the bridge’s “A”-shaped towers will rival the height of Detroit’s 73-storey Renaissance Center.

There will be six lanes for motor vehicles — two more lanes than the Ambassador Bridge — with a separate pathway for pedestrian and bicycle traffic.