Bridging the Straits: The Story of Mighty Mac

by Lawrence Rubin

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0814318126

ISBN13:9780814318126

Release Date:February 1986

Publisher:Wayne State University Press

Length:192 Pages

Weight:0.64 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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