Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Mackinac Bridge from the south shore The Mackinac Bridge at night Freighter passing under the bridge, from Straits State Park. The Mackinac Bridge is a toll bridge on Interstate 75 (I-75). The US Highway 27 (US 27) designation was initially extended across the bridge. [31]
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.
A new survey ranks Michigan's Mighty Mac among the nation's top 10 most scenic bridges. The Mackinac Bridge ranked seventh nationwide, falling within the top 10 of a 100-bridge ranking.
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. This is nearly the combined population of the three ...
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 ...
The Straits of Mackinac Shipwreck Preserve is a 148-square-mile (380 km 2) state preserve in and around the Straits of Mackinac. The preserve is divided in two by the Mackinac Bridge . The waters of the preserve include the waters offshore from Mackinaw City and St. Ignace , as well as all or part of the shorelines of Bois Blanc Island ...
The state park grounds feature the foot of the Mackinac Bridge, the Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse, dating from 1892, a day-use park with a view of the Mackinac Bridge and Mackinac Island, and a visitor center with gift shop.