As the opening awaits, motorists across the two nations might compare the new span of the Bay Bridge linking San Francisco and Oakland, California. Launched in 2018, the Gordie Howe Bridge opens two years late, with a cost overrun of about $500 million. By contrast, California’s new Bay Bridge came in ten years late and $5 billion over budget, hardly the only difference between the spans. China’s ZPMC welders fabricated parts of the Bay Bridge in China. The final comparison between the Gordie Howe and Bay bridges may be which one stands or falls.