On November 1, 1957, traffic officially opened on the Mackinac Bridge. That was the culmination of 70 years of talking and dreaming about a bridge across the Straits of Mackinac, of discouraging attempts for legislative and congressional approval, of efforts to raise the funds, and finally of a three-year construction program necessary for the world’s longest and costliest (to date) suspension bridge. Michigan’s greatest symbol is expertly maintained, fully funded, and amazingly resilient to the many forces and factors of man and nature that have failed to seriously affect its status as the lone highway link between Michigan’s two main peninsulas. The “miracle bridge” at the Straits of Mackinac truly allows a view that epitomizes the state motto of Michigan, Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circumspice, or “If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.”

Mackinac Bridge (MI) (Images of America)

Arts & Photography

Mike Fornes

Photography & Video

Arcadia Publishing

Mackinac Bridge: A 50-Year Chronicle, 1957-2007

Cheboygan Tribune

Since her 1944 launching, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw has been a constant guardian for ports from Sault Ste. Marie to Green Bay, from chicago to Cheboygan and from Duluth to Buffalo. The :Great White Lady" has changed colors in recent years, but still commands a respect befitting royalty when sailing the Straits of Mackinac and beyong.

USCGC MACKINAW; An Illustrated History of a Great Lakes Queen

Cheboygan Tribune Printing Co.

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