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Cut River Bridge is a cantilevered steel deck bridge over the Cut River in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.It is located along U.S. Highway 2 (US 2) in Hendricks Township, Mackinac County, [1] between Epoufette and Brevort, about 25 miles (40 km) northwest of St. Ignace and the Straits of Mackinac.
The Mackinac Bridge (/ ˈ m æ k ə n ɔː / MAK-ə-naw; also referred to as the Mighty Mac or Big Mac) [4] is a suspension bridge that connects the Upper and Lower peninsulas of the U.S. state of Michigan. It spans the Straits of Mackinac, a body of water connecting Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, two of the Great Lakes.
The three major bridges in the Upper Peninsula are: Mackinac Bridge, connecting the Lower Peninsula of Michigan with the Upper; Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge, which connects the city of Sault Ste. Marie to its twin city of Sault Ste. Marie in Canada; and; Portage Lift Bridge, which crosses Portage Lake. The Portage Lift Bridge is the ...
The Mackinac Bridge is the vertical line in the center, connecting the landmass of the Upper Peninsula above to lower Michigan below. The icebreaker paths run right-to-left, connecting the open water of Lake Michigan with the open water of Lake Huron between Mackinac Island and Round Island.
Cut River is a small, short river in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.The 4-mile (6.5 km) river runs along the boundary between Hendricks Township and Moran Township, with the mouth on Lake Michigan about two miles east of Epoufette and about four miles west of Brevort.
The Portage Lake Lift Bridge at night from north of Hancock, MI. The Portage Lake Lift Bridge connects the cities of Hancock and Houghton, Michigan by crossing over the Portage Waterway, an arm of Portage Lake which cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula with a canal linking the final several miles to Lake Superior to the northwest.
Interstate 75 (I-75) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs north–south from Miami, Florida, to Sault Ste. Marie in the Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. I-75 enters the state from Ohio in the south, north of Toledo , and runs generally northward through Detroit , Flint , and Bay City , crosses the Mackinac Bridge ...
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]