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The 2008 Mackinac Bridge Walk. 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.
The bridge walk is the one day a year when pedestrians are able to walk across the Mackinac Bridge. Thousands of people make the crossing each year during the popular Labor Day tradition.
It opened to traffic on schedule on November 1, 1957, and the ferry service ceased on the same day. The bridge was formally dedicated on June 25, 1958. G. Mennen Williams was governor during the construction of the Mackinac Bridge. He began the tradition of the governor leading the Mackinac Bridge Walk across it every Labor Day. [27]
Morenci’s much smaller version of the Mackinac Bridge Labor Day Walk was held Monday, Sept. 2 for the 30th year along the Silver Creek Bridge.
North then became an assistant to the state treasurer and, in 1966, was appointed comptroller of the Mackinac Bridge Authority. He was named the authority's executive secretary in 1982, a role he held until 1993. While involved with the authority, North helped grow the annual Labor Day Bridge Walk. [4]
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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]
More: Mackinac Bridge ranks 7th on list of 100 most scenic bridges in the country There also will be wide-load restrictions in both directions. Motorists should consider crossing at off-peak times ...