Mackinac Bridge crossing the Straits of Mackinac in the State of Michigan (United States)

"We now have the largest, well-equipped hotel of its kind in the world for a short season business. Now what we need is a bridge across the Straits."

Cornelius Vanderbilt

owner of the Grand Hotel in Mackinac in 1888 before the construction of the bridge

Mackinac Bridge between Mackinac and Saint Ignace, Michigan (United States)

In the land of Hiawatha,
Where the white man gazed with awe
At a paradise divided
By the straits of Mackinac

Men are dredging, drilling, blasting,
Battling tides around the clock,
Through the depths of icy water,
Driving caissons down to rock.
....

The Bridge at Mackinack

David S. Steinman