If you ever find yourself in the northern part of Michigan or in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, take some time to drive to the Mackinac Bridge that connects the upper part of Michigan with the lower part. For most people, you have to cross the bridge to get to the Upper Peninsula, but if you are coming from the west you can drive through Wisconsin into the Upper Peninsula. If you've been reading this blog, you know my family and I visited the Upper Peninsula this past June. None of us had seen the bridge before, so it was super cool to see it first hand for the first time. Both of my daughters in the back seat were mesmerized by the size and length of the bridge.
As long as this bridge is, at 4.99 miles, doesn't even crack the top ten list of longest bridges in the U.S. At #10 is General W.K. Wilson Jr. Bridge in Alabama (6.08 miles). The longest bridge in the U.S. is the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in Louisiana (23.87 miles). The Mackinac bridge does come in as the 15th longest suspension bridge in the world!
So if you are driving up this way, take some time to stop and enjoy the sight of the bridge. There's a pull-off resting area on both the north and south side of the bridge to stop and take pictures.
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