Engineering Report on Mackinac Straits Bridge [to] Mackinac Bridge Authority
Author : David Barnard Steinman
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 26,69 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Bridges
ISBN :
Engineering Report on Mackinac Straits Bridge
Author : David Barnard Steinman
Publisher :
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 33,98 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Suspension bridges
ISBN :
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Report
Author : United States. Congress. House
Publisher :
Page : 878 pages
File Size : 38,50 MB
Release :
Category : United States
ISBN :
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Historic Highway Bridges of Michigan
Author : Charles K. Hyde
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 35,44 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Bridges
ISBN : 0814324487
Book Description
Michigan's historic highway bridges are rapidly being torn down and replaced as they deteriorate or become unable to support increased traffic volumes and loads. While the state has the responsibility of providing safe bridges, historian Charles K. Hyde maintains that the state must also preserve many of these remaining historic structures to insure that future generations will have them to view and appreciate. In Historic Highway Bridges of Michigan, Hyde identifies Michigan's historically significant highway bridges within the broader contexts of American bridge design and construction in the 19th and 20th centuries. The book summarizes the improvement of highway bridge design in the United States and compares Michigan's experiences with national trends. To aid the reader interested in visiting the historic highway bridges of Michigan, regional maps show the location of bridges included in the text.
Mackinac Bridge
Author : Mike Fornes
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 23,77 MB
Release : 2007-08-29
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1439634874
Book Description
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 worlds longest and costliest (to date) suspension bridge. Michigans 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 Michigans 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.
Highways and Agricultural Engineering, Current Literature
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 28,23 MB
Release : 1937
Category : Roads
ISBN :
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Congressional Record
Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
Page : 948 pages
File Size : 40,71 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Law
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Bridging the Straits
Author : Lawrence A. Rubin
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 16,61 MB
Release : 1985-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780814318126
Book Description
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.
Mighty Mac
Author : Lawrence A. Rubin
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 10,11 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780814318171
Book Description
With a total span length of 8,344 feet from anchor block to anchor block, the Mackinac Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the world. It surpasses the Golden Gate Bridge, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, and the Humber Bridge in England, even with their longer center spans. Every phase of construction of the Mackinac Bridge was photographed. The pictures in this book, selected from 3,000 black-and-white photos, document important stages of the monumental undertaking. Captions detail the procedures used during construction. The result is a volume which captures the struggles and the hardships, as well as the determination and the pride of the men who labored to build Mighty Mac.
Planning, Current Literature
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 10,43 MB
Release : 1951
Category : Transportation
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