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The bridge connects the city of St. Ignace to the north with the village of Mackinaw City to the south. Envisioned since the 1880s, the bridge was designed by the engineer David B. Steinman and completed in 1957 only after many decades of struggles to begin construction. [6] The bridge has since become an iconic symbol of the state of Michigan ...
The Zilwaukee Bridge is a high-level, segmental concrete bridge spanning the Saginaw River in the U.S. state of Michigan.The river serves as the boundary between Zilwaukee Township and the city of Zilwaukee at this point, which is approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) north of downtown Saginaw.
Name Image Built Listed Location County Type 12 Mile Road–Kalamazoo River Bridge: 1920 1999-12-22 Marshall: Calhoun: Concrete arch 23 Mile Road–Kalamazoo River Bridge
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East Michigan Avenue Bridge Replaced Reinforced concrete through arch: 1923 1994 East Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo River north branch Galesburg: Kalamazoo: MI-77: Fourteen Mile Road Bridge Replaced Parker truss: 1906 1990 Fourteen Mile Road
Enbridge wants to build a protective tunnel around a 4-mile (6-kilometer) section of its Line 5 pipeline that runs along the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac, which link Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.
The 3.5-mile (5.6 km) Chippewa Nature Trail begins at the bridge. The site also marks the starting point of the Pere Marquette Rail Trail, a Michigan Rails to Trails Conservancy Hall of Fame trail. [16] Although being mainly a footbridge, bicycles, skateboards, and in-line skates are also allowed on the bridge.
The second is the Mackinac Bridge that connects Michigan's two peninsulas at the Straits of Mackinac. A structure was first proposed in 1888 by one of the directors of the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. Car ferry service was started in 1923 to cross the straits, and a bridge authority was first created in 1934 to investigate the possibility of ...