“Michigan at last is to be one state geographically, economically and culturally, as well as politically. Where nature divided us, we have bound ourselves together with this web of steel. This mighty bridge, the world’s greatest, is a symbol of our strength.”
Michigan Governor G. Mennen Williams, June 1958
Yesterday’s Mackinac Bridge walk post was so popular I had to bring you a little more! Although the Mackinac Bridge opened to vehicle traffic on November 1, 1957, the official Mackinac Bridge dedication didn’t take place until June of 1958 when only 68 people walked the Bridge. The walk was moved to Labor Day in 1959, and it has been held every Labor Day since then!
I did a double-take seeing all the white Oldsmobiles. Had you not been doing a lookback-type post, I would have thought a lot of white Olds automobiles took a detour from the Woodward Dream Cruise. I didn’t know about the web cams – I will check that out for sure. P.S. – I heard about a pre-Woodward Dream Cruise event where red, white and blue Corvettes were assembled in a large area to form a U.S. flag – that would have been fun to see.
Very cool!
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