Monday, March 3, 2008


How many of you have driven the Mackinac Bridge?
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 4, 2008 at 5:45 AM

    I have only been across the bridge once. I was about 13 at the time I'm now 46....Tell you anything about how often I get north.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 4, 2008 at 11:19 AM

    Some info I found out on the internet...thought I would share it with everyone.

    Mackinac Bridge

    Carries 4 lanes of Interstate 75
    Crosses Straits of Mackinac
    Locale Mackinaw City and St. Ignace, Michigan.

    Maintained by Mackinac Bridge Authority.

    Design Suspension bridge
    Longest span 3,800 feet (1,158 m)
    Total length 26,372 feet (8,038 m)
    Width 68 feet (20.7 m)
    Height 522 feet (159 m)
    Vertical clearance 200 feet (61 m)
    Clearance below 155 feet (47 m)
    AADT 11,600

    Opening date November 1, 1957

    Toll $1.25 per axle for passenger vehicles ($2.50 per car). $2.00 per axle for motor homes. $3.00 per axle for commercial vehicles.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 4, 2008 at 8:30 PM

    I've driven it a few times headin on up to the U.P.

    I try not to look down though!

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