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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.
The Mackinac Bridge Authority was created in 1950 to study the feasibility of constructing a suspension bridge to connect Michigan's Lower Peninsula with its Upper Peninsula. [3] The MBA was empowered by legislation in 1952 "to issue revenue bonds 'for the purpose of paying for the cost of a bridge ' ". [ 4 ]
Mackinac Bridge from Mackinaw City. The straits are patrolled by a detachment of the United States Coast Guard based at Graham Point, St. Ignace. A shipping channel through the winter ice is maintained by the Coast Guard's Great Lakes icebreaker, USCGC Mackinaw, based in Cheboygan near the eastern edge of the Straits.
The structure is the largest concrete segmental bridge in the United States. [130] Mackinac 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 ...
Mackinac Island is the destination for two sailing races. The island has a sailing club, the Mackinac Island Yacht Club. It serves as the finish line for both the Port Huron to Mackinac Race and the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac. The races are run a week apart, in July.
The M/V Mackinac Express during her time as a Arnold Line catamaran ferry at Mackinac Island. Arnold Transit Company (most assets purchased by Star Line—now Mackinac Island Ferry Company—in 2016) Current boats Algomah (1961) Beaver, (1952), freight; Chippewa (1962) Corsair (1955), freight; Huron (1955) Mackinac Express (1987), catamaran
The post-war years were also a period of major bridge building in the state. The Mackinac Bridge opened on November 1, 1957, [84] the Portage Lake Lift Bridge, the largest double-deck lift bridge was completed in August 1959, [85] and the International Bridge opened across the St. Marys River three years later on October 31, 1962. [86]
The Cut River Bridge is one of only two cantilevered deck truss bridges in the state. [90] [e] On either side of the bridge, there are picnic areas and trails down to the river. [91] Listed on the NRHP on December 17, 1999, [79] the Mackinac Trail–Carp River Bridge carries H-63, the modern successor to US 2, over the Carp River north of St ...