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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 Mission Point Resort on Mackinac Island has a new webcam and will use it to share views of sunrises and sunsets from its front lawn. Here's the link: WMVision - LIVE Streaming (wetmet.net)
The Mackinac Bridge Authority is an independent state agency of the U.S. state of Michigan that operates the Mackinac Bridge across the Straits of Mackinac. The Mackinac Bridge Authority has been directed by the state of Michigan to maintain the Mackinac Bridge as a self-supporting facility. The Mackinac Bridge is a toll bridge, with the tolls ...
The Mackinac Bridge is under a partial closure due to high winds Tuesday evening. Under the closure, only passenger cars, passenger vans and empty pickup trucks can travel across the bridge, per ...
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.
A two-month repaving project on the Mackinac Bridge is expected to reduce traffic to one lane in each direction and lead to traffic backups and delays, especially during the weekends, the Mackinac ...
The Mackinac Bridge will close to traffic between 2:30-3 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 29 and Wednesday, Nov. 30 for replacement of the bridge’s backup power system.
The Mackinac Bridge was opened to traffic on November 1, 1957; [45] a new section of freeway and an interchange connected US 2 to the bridge on the northern end, and a new approach road connected to U.S. Route 31 in Michigan and US 27 in Mackinaw City on the southern end. [46]