August 2019 | Mackinac Bridge Authority

July Traffic Report

Posted on August 27th, 2019

Kim Nowack, Executive Secretary of the MBA, reported today that 612,890 vehicles crossed the Mackinac Bridge during the month of July compared to 610,322 in 2018.
For the month of July, traffic was up 0.4% and fare revenue was down 0.7% compared to last year.
The Mackinac Bridge Authority has scheduled a substantial… Read More

Labor Day and the Mackinac Bridge Walk just a week away

Posted on August 26th, 2019

Walk halfway and make the U-turn? Walk all the way across and arrange a ride? Start early and walk the bridge twice? With a week to go until the 2019 Mackinac Bridge Walk, there’s still plenty of time to plan your participation in this annual tradition. As in 2018, the walk will again start in both St. Ignace and Mac… Read More

Mackinac Bridge painting project earns engineering award

Posted on August 26th, 2019

Industrial painting requires some pretty advanced equipment, from removal and collection to providing working conditions safe from wind and rain. Add to that the challenge of performing that work on the 552-foot towers of the Mackinac Bridge and some creative engineering is required. The movable scaffold syste… Read More

Still time to plan your walk: 2019 Mackinac Bridge Walk now two weeks away

Posted on August 19th, 2019

Building on the success of the 2018 event, the 2019 Mackinac Bridge Annual Walk on Sept. 2 will again allow participants to start from St. Ignace or Mackinaw City, walking half the bridge and back, the entire length, or even crossing it twice. A video, posted on the MBA website at www.MackinacBridge.org/Walk, explai… Read More

Use your Mackinac Bridge Tokens while you can

Posted on August 13th, 2019

Due to dwindling demand, the Mackinac Bridge Authority (MBA) will no longer accept bridge tokens in the toll lanes as of Sept. 10. Though the tokens have long been part of the Mackinac Bridge crossing experience, very few have been redeemed for tolls in recent years. Citing this decreased use, the Mackinac Bridge Aut… Read More

June Traffic Report

Posted on August 1st, 2019

Kim Nowack, Executive Secretary of the MBA, reported today that 449,118 vehicles crossed the Mackinac Bridge during the month of June compared to 446,930 in 2018. For the month of June, traffic was up 0.5% and fare revenue was down 0.1% compared to last year. The Mackinac Bridge Authority has scheduled a substantial… Read More