The Mackinac Bridge (/ˈmækənɔː/ MAK-ə-naw; also referred to as the Mighty Mac or Big Mac) is a suspension bridge that connects the Upper and Lower peninsulas...
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state of Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas, traversed by the Mackinac Bridge. The main strait is 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 kilometers) wide with a maximum...
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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...
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symbols instead of syllabics. Mackinac Island (/ˈmækənɔː/ MAK-ə-naw, locally /ˈmækənə/ MAK-ə-nə; French: Île Mackinac; Ojibwe: Mishimikinaak ᒥᔑᒥᑭᓈᒃ;...
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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...
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Mackinaw City, Michigan (redirect from Mackinac City)
is located at the southern end of the Mackinac Bridge, which carries Interstate 75 over the Straits of Mackinac to St. Ignace, in the Upper Peninsula...
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Fort Mackinac (/ˈmækənɔː/ MAK-ə-naw) is a former British and American military outpost garrisoned from the late 18th century to the late 19th century in...
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Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac, a five-mile (8 km) channel that joins Lake Huron to Lake Michigan. The Mackinac Bridge connects the peninsulas. Michigan...
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of Michigan; it is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac. It is bounded primarily by Lake Superior to the north, separated from...
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Interstate 75 in Michigan (category Transportation in Mackinac County, Michigan)
generally northward through Detroit, Pontiac and Bay City, crosses the Mackinac Bridge, and ends at the Canadian border in Sault Ste. Marie. The freeway runs...
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Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, Golden Gate Bridge and Mackinac Bridge had a longer span in 1973). The Bosphorus Bridge remained the longest suspension bridge in Europe...
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Franklin, Ohio Mackinac Bridge, a bridge over the Straits of Mackinac Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse, a lighthouse in Mackinaw City Fort Mackinac, a British...
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Mackinac Island (/ˈmækənɔː/ MAK-ə-naw, locally /ˈmækənə/ MAK-ə-nə) is a city in Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, the...
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hotel and coastal resort on Mackinac Island, Michigan, a small island located at the eastern end of the Straits of Mackinac within Lake Huron between the...
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Gephyrophobia (redirect from Fear of bridges)
Chesapeake Bay Bridge, but that role is now filled by private companies. The Mackinac Bridge Authority, which oversees the Mackinac Bridge connecting Michigan's...
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Mackinaw City just east of the Mackinac Bridge. The lighthouse was constructed in 1892 along the Straits of Mackinac at the junction of Lake Michigan...
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city of Detroit before turning northwesterly and northward to the Mackinac Bridge where the freeway crosses the strait between Lakes Huron and Michigan...
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David B. Steinman (category American bridge engineers)
American civil engineer. He was the designer of the Mackinac Bridge and many other notable bridges, and a published author. He grew up in New York City's...
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Ferries in Michigan (section Straits of Mackinac)
people and goods across the Straits of Mackinac to the car-free Mackinac Island but before the Mackinac Bridge was built, large numbers of ferries carried...
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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...
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water. Mackinac County lies at the boundary of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. St. Ignace is the northern terminus of the Mackinac Bridge. Mackinac Island...
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rugged terrain) or "trolls" (because, being south of the Mackinac Bridge, they "live under the bridge"). The Lower Peninsula is bounded on the west by Lake...
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1993, and remains the tallest bridge in the United States. Mackinac Bridge (USA, 1957), the longest suspension bridge between anchorages in the Western...
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approaches of the Mackinac Bridge (which has been taken over by I-75). It also formerly entered downtown Mobile, Alabama, via a long bridge over Mobile Bay...
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York 1957 Mackinac Bridge, Straits of Mackinac, Michigan 1961 Puente Hermanos Patiño, Santiago, Dominican Republic 1964 Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, New York...
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longest arch bridge spans List of longest masonry arch bridge spans List of longest cantilever bridge spans List of longest cable-stayed bridge spans List...
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Father of the Mackinac Bridge, Mackinac Bridge Authority. Archived 2009-12-22 at the Wayback Machine "Commemorative tokens, Mackinac Bridge Authority"....
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St. Ignace, Michigan (category Cities in Mackinac County, Michigan)
the north end of the Mackinac Bridge, opposite Mackinaw City. It has one of two ports which provide ferry service to nearby Mackinac Island. St. Ignace's...
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foot of the Mackinac Bridge, the Old Mackinac Point Light (a 1892 lighthouse), a day-use park with a view of the Mackinac Bridge and Mackinac Island, and...
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Interstate, US and state highways in Michigan with the exception of the Mackinac Bridge. Other responsibilities that fall under MDOT's mandate include airports...
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