Michigan has a Mighty Mac of its own

For $2.50 (that's $5 if you want to return to your hotel) you can cross the 5-mile Mackinac Bridge. It connects the upper and lower parts of Michigan. If you're a resident it only costs 50 cents. We learned all about the bridge on a "sunset" cruise. At least we got to see the bridge because considering it was an overcast evening, we didn't get much of a sunset. Here's what we learned about the bridge. It's nickname is the Mighty Mac. It rises 55 stories above the straits of Mackinac where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron meet. It is 5 miles long and at one time it was the world's longest suspension bridge. It surpassed the Golden Gate Bridge when it was built in the 1950s. It is now the 3rd longest suspension bridge. Don't ask which 2 are longer because I don't remember.
Before the bridge was built, travelers took an hour-long ferry ride from upper to lower Michigan sometimes waiting 24 hours during busy seasons. Can you imagine waiting that long? Apparently, if you fell asleep in your car or you ran out of gas, other people would just cut past you.
Five men lost their lives during the bridge construction: one fell from a tower, one diver surfaced too quickly and did not recover, and 3 iron workers fell from a catwalk collapse.

DREW AND UNCLE RIC ENJOY THE VIEW