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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 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)
Pieces of the Mackinac Bridge's vintage steel grating can be purchased for $20 in-person at the Mackinac Bridge Authority administration building.
Length Main span Completed Traffic Country m ft m ft Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway Guinness: Longest bridge (any type), 2011 [2] 164,800 540,700 : 2010: High-speed rail: China: Changhua–Kaohsiung Viaduct [3] Taiwan High Speed Rail: 157,317 516,132 (Viaduct) 2004: High-speed rail: Taiwan: Kita–Yaita ...
Navajo Bridge (dual spans; the 1929 span is 467 ft high) Colorado River: 1929 / 1995: Arizona: 464 ft (141.4 m) Moyie River Canyon Bridge: Moyie River: 1965: Idaho: 450 ft (137.2 m) Pine Valley Creek Bridge: Pine Valley Creek: 1974: California: 400 ft (121.9 m) Cold Spring Canyon Arch Bridge: Cold Spring Canyon: 1964: California: 388 ft (118.3 m)
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 ...
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.