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Structure-ID: s0000141
Created on: 04/16/99
Modified on: 02/16/04


Mackinac Straits Bridge

Mighty Mac
Built: 1954 - 1957
Location: Mackinaw City, Emmet County, Michigan, USA
Crosses: Mackinac Straits
Mackinac Straits Bridge
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Structural Type:
Suspension bridge
gravity-anchored
Function / usage:
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
Part of: Interstate 75

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Chief engineer David Bernard Steinman

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
  Advitam Inc
  Intrusion Prepakt
Design Robinson & Steinman
Construction American Bridge Company

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
cables  steel
pylons  steel
deck truss  steel
Dimensions
  main span 1158 m
  total length 2 626 m
  tower height 168 m
deck   deck depth 11.60 m
  deck width 20.9 m
Quantities used in construction
  structural steel 55 000 t

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External LinkParsons: Mackinac Bridge English

Relevant Literature
* Brown, David J.   Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA) , ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 108-109.
* Dupré, Judith   Bridges, Black Dog & Leventhal, New York (USA) , ISBN 1884822754, 1997; pp. 88-89.
* Dupré, Judith   Brücken, Könemann, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3829004095, 1998; pp. 88-89.
* Dupré, Judith   Les ponts, Könemann, Cologne (Germany) , ISBN 3829004109; pp. 88-89.
* Jackson, Donald C.   Great American Bridges and Dams, John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA) , ISBN 0471143855, 1984; pp. 212.
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 271-272.
* Rubin, Lawrence   Bridging the Straits, Wayne State University Press, ISBN 0814317898, 1985.
* Wittfoht, Hans   Buiding bridges, Beton-Verlag, Düsseldorf (Germany) , ISBN 3764001763, 1984.

 
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