For $10 you can get a 33 minute DVD commemorating the hard work, dedication, and engineering feat of spanning the Straits of Mackinac. Historic footage is blended in with present-day interviews and the whole shebang is produced by MDOT and the Mackinac Bridge Authority.
You can purchase the video at the Michigan e-Store.
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I love this old 8mm film of someone crossing the Mackinac Bridge in 1958. Not much has changed since then. About halfway across the bridge you even get to see Michigan’s unofficial state flower - the orange traffic barrel. It’s an authentic steel drum painted orange - not one of those plastic [...]

Michigan.gov has a great photo gallery of the Mackinac Bridge celebrating it’s 50 years of service. You can view them here. I must admit that the photos would be much better if they did not have a large and ugly watermark slashed across each photo.
The photos are broken down into three galleries - [...]

MackinacBridge.org has been updated for the first time that I can remember since I first stumbled upon it a few years ago. It has a neat new interface and a lot of extras to boot. I believe the site has been updated to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the opening of the [...]

The Mackinac Bridge officially opened on November 1, 1957 and this year is celebrating 50 years of spanning the straits. Part of the year-long celebration is the introduction of four really great 50th Anniversary posters of the Mighty Mac.

The $4 fee for each poster includes - postage, printing, and sales tax. I think I might buy the whole set and build a custom frame to hold them all.

I can’t imagine they are making much (if any) money off of these. If they are actually making a small profit on the posters, I haven’t the foggiest what it would be for. Hopefully a charity (of course with the state’s budget the way it is - Michigan could possibly qualify as a charity these days) would be the recipient of any funds.

Here are the thumbnails of the actual posters. You can view somewhat larger versions at Michigan.gov.

30 X 12 - Printed in Silver & Black


30 X 12


16 X 25


15 X 30

You can order by phone, fax, or snail mail and can pay by check or credit card. For more information head over to Michigan.gov.

On January 27th the State Historical Museum will begin a year of celebrating the technical marvel that is our Mackinac Bridge.
Here is a bit of what you can expect to see at the museum on the 27th -

Kim Nowack, Mackinac Bridge Authority Engineer, will present a fascinating overview of the 50-year history [...]