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Much longer anchorage-to-anchorage spans have been built in the Eastern Hemisphere, including the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge in Japan (6,532 ft or 1,991 m), but the long leadups to the anchorages on the Mackinac make its total shoreline-to-shoreline length of 26,372 feet [11] —28 feet (8.5 m) short of five miles (8.0 km)—longer than the Akashi ...
The world's longest suspension bridges are listed according to the length of their main span (i.e., the length of suspended roadway between the bridge's towers). The length of the main span is the most common method of comparing the sizes of suspension bridges, often correlating with the height of the towers and the engineering complexity involved in designing and constructing the bridge. [4]
Mackinac Bridge: 1,158 m (3,800 ft) 8,038 m (26,371 ft) Suspension ... Span Length Type Carries Crosses Opened Location State Ref. 1: Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940)
With the two backstay spans, the Mackinac Bridge is 8,614 feet (2,626 m) long between cable anchorages, the longest in the world at the time it opened. [ e ] The total length of the structure is 26,444 feet (8,060 m) with two 555-foot-tall (169 m) towers and 155 feet (47 m) of clearance for passing ships under the main span. [ 131 ]
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.
Mackinac Bridge: 8,038 26,371: 1,158 3,799: 1957: Highway: ... Length Main span Planned completion Traffic Country m ft m ft Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor:
Work on the Mighty Mac’s north viaduct and approach truss spans are set to start March 25 and be completed by May 23, ahead of mid- and late-summer, the busiest time for visits from the lower to ...
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.