Bridging the Straits: The Story of Mighty Mac (Michigan)

By Lawrence Rubin

Book Overview

The project--the longest total suspension bridge in the world--would span the Starits of Mackinac where winds exceed eighty miles an hour and ice windrows reach a height of forty feet.

The project--the longest total suspension bridge in the world--would span the Starits of Mackinac where winds exceed eighty miles an hour and ice windrows reach a height of forty feet. It would connect two largely rural communities with a combined population of less than four thousand and would require the largest bond issue ever proposed for the construction of a bridge. Little wonder that some Wall Street investors labeled the proposition as ludicrous. Nonetheless, the Mackinac Bridge became a reality.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814318126
• ISBN13: 9780814318126
• Release Date: February 1986
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"