Mackinac Bridge Items being Auctioned
Posted on May 29th, 2019
The Mackinac Bridge currently has items being auctioned at GovDeals.… Read More
April Traffic Report
Posted on May 26th, 2019
Kim Nowack, Interim Executive Secretary of the MBA, reported today that 231,950 vehiclescrossed the Mackinac Bridge during the month of April compared to 213,899 in 2018. For the month of April, traffic is up 8.4% and fare revenue is up 5.6% compared to last year.
The Mackinac Bridge Authority has scheduled a substa… Read More
The Mackinac Bridge Authority remembers former Chief Engineer Max Coburn
Posted on May 10th, 2019
The Mackinac Bridge Authority (MBA) is remembering former Chief Engineer Max Coburn, who died May 5 at the age of 84, and his legacy of stewardship at the bridge.
Coburn was the chief engineer for the MBA from July 1984 through March 1992, overseeing maintenance, design and construction work on the bridge. Prior to th… Read More
National search to begin for next Mackinac Bridge Authority executive secretary
Posted on May 6th, 2019
The Mackinac Bridge Authority (MBA) board today launched a national search to replace retiring Executive Secretary Bob Sweeney and named longtime Chief Bridge Engineer Kim Nowack to the interim role.
“We’re in very good hands with Kim at the helm for the time being,” said MBA Chairman Patrick &… Read More
Brief, early morning Mackinac Bridge closure scheduled May 4 to begin next phase of tower painting project
Posted on May 1st, 2019
To begin repainting the Mackinac Bridge’s south tower, contractors need to hang a pair of custom moveable scaffold platforms above the roadway, requiring a brief closure early Saturday morning.
Seaway Painting, the contractor for the $6.5 million two-season project, ex… Read More
Longtime Executive Secretary Sweeney to retire May 17
Posted on May 1st, 2019
While he grew up in St. Ignace seeing the Mackinac Bridge nearly every day, Bob Sweeney couldn’t have known that one day he would be responsible for the operation and maintenance of this modern marvel. And yet, as the executive secretary of the Mackinac Bridge Authority (MBA), that’s exactly what he… Read More
March Traffic Report
Posted on April 17th, 2019
Robert J. Sweeney, Executive Secretary of the MBA, reported today that 234,497 vehicles crossed the Mackinac Bridge during the month of March compared to 242,009 in 2018.For the month of March, traffic is down 3.1% and fare revenue is down 5.1% compared to last year. The Mackinac Bridge Authority has scheduled a sub… Read More
With the north tower complete, Mackinac Bridge south tower repainting to begin
Posted on April 16th, 2019
Now that repainting of the Mackinac Bridge’s north tower is complete, a two-year project to do the same to the south tower is set to begin next week.
Contractor Seaway Painting of Livonia, which completed the 2017-18 project to strip the north tower down to bare metal and repaint it, was awarded the latest low-b… Read More
February Traffic Report
Posted on March 17th, 2019
Robert J. Sweeney, Executive Secretary of the MBA, reported today that 179,681 vehicles crossedthe Mackinac Bridge during the month of February compared to 198,986 in 2018.
For the month of February, traffic is down 9.7% and fare revenue is down 13.7% compared to last
year.
The Mackinac Bridge Authority has schedu… Read More
Innovative sensor testbed expansion slated for Mighty Mac
Posted on March 5th, 2019
The first 20 prototype infrastructure sensors installed beginning in 2016 on the Mackinac Bridge, powered solely by vibrations from traffic, have proven their durability and performed as intended. Now researchers from Michigan State University (MSU) and Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) are ready to… Read More