Side profile of the Mackinac Bridge taken from the shoreline in Mackinaw City near Fort Michilimackinac (southwest side of the Mackinac Bridge). The photo was taken by Tim Burke, photographer for the Michigan Department of Transportation.50th Anniversary Celebration
The Mackinac Bridge is currently the third longest suspension bridge in the world. The bridge opened to traffic on November 1, 1957.
The Mackinac Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the western hemisphere. The total length of the Mackinac Bridge is 26,372 feet. The length of the suspension bridge (including anchorages) is 8,614 feet.
50th Anniversary of Official Opening
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Free 50th anniversary memento for crossing the bridge on November 1st (while supplies last)
API and UPI correspondants who covered opening of Mackinac Bridge in 1957 will take part in 50th anniversary ceremonies
LANSING - October 26, 2007 - Two news service correspondents who were present when the Mackinac Bridge linking Michigan’s two peninsulas was opened to traffic on Nov. 1, 1957 will participate in ceremonies next Thursday (Nov. 1) commemorating the 50th anniversary of that event.
Tom Shawver, then a correspondent for the Associated Press, and Tom Farrell, who covered the opening for United Press International, were within a few feet of the toll booth when Gov. G. Mennen Williams paid the first $3.25 toll collected on the $100-millian-dollar span at 1:59 P.M. that day.
Source: Mackinac Bridge Authority
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