At least Sam and Lub were excited to drive over the bridge
View from the east side
Our first trip over the Mackinac Bridge. It was sort of overcast so the pictures are a little drab. Construction started May 7, 1954, and it opened to traffic November 1, 1957. It cost $99,800,000 to construct. It is 26,372 feet in total length (about five miles). The height of main towers above water is 552 feet. The maximum depth of water at midspan is 295 feet. The height of the roadway above the water at midspan is 199 feet. The underclearace for ships at midspan is 155 feet. 
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