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The 2008 Mackinac Bridge Walk. The Mackinac Bridge Walk is an annual event held every Labor Day since 1958 in Michigan in which people may walk the length of the Mackinac Bridge. Walkers are traditionally led across by the governor of Michigan. In an average year, 40,000 to 65,000 people participate in the five-mile walk.
The Mackinac Bridge Authority announced on Tuesday that the walk will begin from a new location on the St. Ignace side, at Bridge View Park, in an effort to improve safety.
Mackinac Bridge: 1,158 m (3,800 ft) 8,038 m (26,371 ft) Suspension Steel truss deck, steel pylons 2x2 lanes 548+1158+548: ... 2025: Harris County, Texas
The bridge opened on November 1, 1957, [10] connecting two peninsulas linked for decades by ferries. At the time, the bridge was formally dedicated as the "world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages", allowing a superlative comparison to the Golden Gate Bridge, which has a longer center span between towers, and the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, which has an anchorage in the middle.
More: Mackinac Bridge ranks 7th on list of 100 most scenic bridges in the country There also will be wide-load restrictions in both directions. Motorists should consider crossing at off-peak times ...
The straits area are seeing high winds between 50 to 64 miles per hour, as of 6:43 p.m. Bridge personnel are stationed on both sides of the bridge to provide guidance to drivers amid the weather ...
Straits State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Michigan located in Moran Township and St. Ignace in Mackinac County on the northern shores of the Straits of Mackinac. The Father Marquette National Memorial and park is also located within the state park boundaries. The park has 255 campsites and several locations for viewing the ...
The Mackinac Bridge ranked seventh nationwide, falling within the top 10 of a 100-bridge ranking. The survey of the 100 most scenic bridges in the U.S. comes from Gunther Volkswagen Fort ...