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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 ...
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 ...
The Mackinac Bridge has reopened after falling ice forced its closure for several hours Sunday, according to the Mackinac Bridge Authority.
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 Cut River Bridge is one of only two cantilevered deck truss bridges in the state. [90] [e] On either side of the bridge, there are picnic areas and trails down to the river. [91] Listed on the NRHP on December 17, 1999, [79] the Mackinac Trail–Carp River Bridge carries H-63, the modern successor to US 2, over the Carp River north of St ...
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.
The Mackinac Bridge reopened Friday after falling ice forced officials to close it to traffic.
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 ...