... The story of the Mackinac Bridge is no different. Despite its beauty, the Mackinac Bridge’s road to completion was paved with numerous challenges and adversity. From conception to completion, human involvement, monetary issues, and Mother Nature hindered the construction of Michigan’s Mackinac Bridge.
The idea of constructing a bridge to connect Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas can be dated as early as 1881. ... He had plans for a $30,000,000 bridge was drawn up. Unfortunately, the stock market crashed and the Great Depression soon followed; along with it this bridge idea was thrown aside. ... 158)
Ironically, it was the Great Depression that sparked the second attempt to construct the bridge. In the Mid-1930s the Public Works Administration (Herein after refer to as “PWA”) set up the Mackinac Straits Bridge Authority (Herein after refer to as “MSBA”) to create jobs in Michigan. ... Fowler as the consulting engineer to design the bridge. ... Cissell to plan a bridge that would run from Mackinaw City to St. ... However in September of 1936, it was once again denied because the residents of Michigan did not agree with the building of the bridge. ... In 1940, they came back with an idea to construct a double-span suspension bridge. ... Once again the bridge proposal was thrown aside. ... Woodfill to create a citizen’s committee that supported the bridge idea. ... By 1950 the residents of Michigan wanted the bridge built. Also in 1950 the state legislature form a new Mackinac Bridge Authority (herein after referred to as “MBA”), with Prentiss M. ... 160)
In 1950, the MBA was given $100,000 by the state legislature to determine the feasibility of a bridge. ... 161) The MBA hired three well-known bridge engineers; they were David B. ... Steinman reported that an annual amount of $416,900 for operations, maintenance and bridge repair. (Rubin, 1985, Pg 21)
In April of 1953, legislature was passed a bill that gave the MBA annually $417,000 for bridge operations and repair. ... 161) However the bonds for the bridge had to be sold by December of that year. ... He suggested that the first bond would cover the initial cost of the bridge, and then the second bond would cover the remaining bridge expenses.
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