The $4.7-billion bridge connecting Canada and the U.S. at one of the nation's busiest border crossings has been decades in the making.

Canadian Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Gregor Robertson, center, takes questions from members of the media after an Inauguration ceremony for the Gordie Howe International Bridge on Friday, J...

"From a regular person's perspective, certainly it's going to make your travel faster, smoother, easier," Canada Border Services Agency district director Sydney Kale said Friday.