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The Mackinac Bridge (/ˈmækɪnɔː/ MAK-in-aw) is a suspension bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac to connect the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of the U.S. state of Michigan. Opened in 1957, the 26,372-foot-long (4.995 mi; 8.038 km)[1] bridge (familiarly known as "Big Mac" and "Mighty Mac")[4] is the world's 22nd-longest main span and the longest suspension bridge between anchorages in the Western Hemisphere.[5] The Mackinac Bridge is part of Interstate 75 and the Lakes Michigan and Huron components of the Great Lakes Circle Tour across the straits; it is also a segment of the U.S. North Country National Scenic Trail. The bridge connects the city of St. Ignace on the north end with the village of Mackinaw City on the south.
Envisioned since the 1880s, the bridge was designed by the engineer David B. Steinman and completed in 1957 only after many decades of struggles to begin construction.
The bridge opened on November 1, 1957,[6] connecting two peninsulas linked for decades by ferries. A year later, the bridge was formally dedicated as the "world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages", allowing a superlative comparison to the Golden Gate Bridge, which had a longer center span between towers, and the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, which had an anchorage in the middle.
It remains the longest suspension bridge with two towers between anchorages in the Western Hemisphere.[5] Much longer anchorage-to-anchorage spans have been built in the Eastern Hemisphere, including the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge in Japan (6,532 ft or 1,991 m). But the long leadups to the anchorages on the Mackinac make its total shoreline-to-shoreline length of five miles (8.0 km), longer than the Akashi-Kaikyo (2.4 mi or 3.9 km).
The length of the bridge's main span is 3,800 feet (1,158 m), which makes it the third-longest suspension span in the United States and 20th longest suspension span worldwide. It is also one of the world's longest bridges overall.
David B. Steinman was appointed as the design engineer in January 1953 and by the end of 1953, estimates and contracts had been negotiated. A Civil Engineer at the firm, Abul Hasnat, did the preliminary plans for the bridge. Total cost estimate at that time was $95 million (equivalent to $726 million in 2018[12]) with estimated completion by November 1, 1956. Tolls collected were to pay for the bridge in 20 years.[15] Construction began on May 7, 1954. The American Bridge Division of United States Steel Corporation was awarded a contract of more than $44 million (equivalent to $333 million in 2018[12]) to build the steel superstructure.
Construction, staged using the 1939–41 causeway, took three and a half years (four summers, no winter construction) at a total cost of $100 million and the lives of five workers. Contrary to popular belief, none of them are entombed in the Bridge.[16] It opened to traffic on schedule on November 1, 1957, and the ferry service was discontinued on the same day. The Bridge was formally dedicated on June 25, 1958.
G. Mennen Williams was governor during the construction of the Mackinac Bridge. He began the tradition of the governor leading the Mackinac Bridge Walk across it every Labor Day.[17] U.S. Senator Prentiss M. Brown has been called the "father of the Mackinac Bridge,"[18] and was honored with a special memorial bridge token created by the Mackinac Bridge Authority.[19]
The bridge officially achieved its 100 millionth crossing exactly forty years after its dedication, on June 25, 1998.[1] The 50th anniversary of the bridge's opening was celebrated on November 1, 2007, in a ceremony hosted by the Mackinac Bridge Authority at the viewing park adjacent to the St. Ignace causeway.[1]
Mackinac Bridge
Coordinates : 45.817059°N 84.727822°W
Carries : 4 lanes of I-75 / GLCT
Crosses : Straits of Mackinac
Locale : St. Ignace and Mackinaw City, Michigan
Other name(s) : Mighty Mac or Big Mac
Maintained by : Mackinac Bridge Authority
Characteristics
Design : Suspension bridge
Total length : 26,372 ft (8,038 m)[1]
Width : 68.6 ft (20.9 m) (total width)[2]
54 ft (16 m) (road width)
38.1 ft (11.6 m) (depth)[2]
Height : 552 ft (168 m) (tower height);[2]
200 ft (61 m) (deck height)[1]
Longest span : 3,800 ft (1,158 m)[2]
Clearance below : 155 ft (47 m)[1]
History
Designer : David B. Steinman
Opened : November 1, 1957
Statistics
Daily traffic : 11,600
Toll : $2.00 per axle for passenger vehicles ($4.00 per car).
$5.00 per axle for motor homes, and commercial vehicles.[3]
During the summer months, the Upper Peninsula and the Mackinac Bridge have become a major tourist destination.[40] In addition to visitors to Mackinac Island, the bridge has attracted interest from a diverse group of tourists including bridge enthusiasts, bird-watchers, and photographers.[41] The Straits area is a popular sailing destination for boats of all types, which make it easier to get a closer view to the underlying structure of the bridge.
An urban McDonald's with Drive-Thru in Marseille near Gare Marseille Blancarde and Hôpital de la Timone. Situated on the same site as a Total gas station. This store is open around the clock (Drive-Thru).
/\/\cDonald's Marseille Chave
13, Rue Madon
13005 MARSEILLE
Tél: 04.91.92.36.02
Featuring: 24/24 Drive-Thru
Store#: 0363
Date of opening: unknown (estimation: mid 1990's)
This restaurant is one of the 7 McDonald's restaurant near the Boulevard Périphérique. This one is located near the always busy Porte de Bagnolet and this is where the A3 autoroute starts and ends.
McDonald's Paris Porte de Bagnolet
49 rue Belgrand
75020 PARIS
Tél:
Featuring: -instore restaurant-
Store#: 0489
Date of opening: unknown
One of the oldest McDonald's restaurants in Paris and France on the corner of the Boulevard Montmartre and Rue Drouot.
/\/\cDonald's Paris Montmartre
20 Boulevard Montmartre
75009 PARIS
Tél: 01.40.22.06.51
Features: Take-away window
Store#: 0027
Date of opening: unknown (end 1970's)
One of the four McDonald's restaurants in the center of Oslo. In Norway are 74 McDonald's restaurants, the first opened in the year 1983. In greater Oslo are about 25 stores. None of the the Norwegian McDonald's restaurants has McCafé's.
McDonald's Oslo Nedre Slottgate
Nedre Slottgate 21
Oslo 0160
Telephone: +47 22 42 09 30
Featuring: (instore)
Store#: unknwon
Date of opening: unknown
The second McDonald's restaurant in Marseille (the first was McDonald's La Canebière) is probably the busiest of the city and best prepared for a large number of customers at the same time.
During my visit (July 2012) no signs of the a new interior, no McCafé and no EasyOrder facilities.
McDonald's Marseille Saint Ferreol
53 Rue Saint Ferreol
13001 MARSEILLE
Tél: +33 (0)4 91 33 20 75
Featuring: (instore restaurant)
Store#: 0133
Date of opening: Estimated early 1990's
McDonald's has a restaurant on the international airport of Lisbon as well. Featuring a McCafé. It has been remodelled recently (2009) and the franchiser is Futuro - Restauraçao Rapida SA.
McDonald's Aeroporto de Lisboa
Sala de Partidas Internacionais
Aeroporto de Lisboa
1700 007 LISBOA
Featuring: McCafé
Store#: 8
Date of opening: unknown
In 1988 McDonald's opened an instore location in the center of Den Helder (McDonald's Den Helder Centrum February 2018). Within 10 years later Den Helder got it's second McDonald's restaurant. This location is located South of Den Helder near De Kooy and interections of national roads N9 and N99. Den Helder is home of the Navy in the Netherlands. This restaurant was not yet re-imaged (ERDDS) when I visited this one (April 2011).
McDonald's Den Helder Drive
Verkeerstoren 2
1786 PN DEN HELDER
Telefoon: 0223 668 668
Featuring : Drive-Thru - Playzone
Store#: 1170
Date of opening: 19/06/1997
Historic Mackinac Suspension Bridge over the Mackinac Straits in Mackinaw City, Michigan. The bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world when it opened in 1957. It carries I-75 across the narrow passage of the strait near Mackinaw City.
Designated in 2010 as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Historic American Engineering Record No. MI-329
The first McDonald's restaurant in Amsterdam opened in a suburb in 1987. Located in the shopping mall De Amsterdamse Poort and it was the 38th McDonald's restaurant of the Netherlands at the time of the opening.
After the renovation in 2005 at the inside it lost the "modern roman" interior with pastel colors, tympana and columns. In 2011 the exterior of this store has been ugraded and gained the "new look" (wooden panels, green and yellow signage).
McDonald's Amsterdamse Poort
Bijlmerplein 368
1102 DK AMSTERDAM
Tel: +31 (0) 20 696 94 52
Featuring: (instore restaurant)
Store#: 1042
Date of opening: 18/06/1987
McDonald's Downey | Comparing prices 1953 - 2009 08/12/2009 10h23
The price of a McDonald's hamburger was 15 dollar cents in 1953, today it is 75 cents. Only 5 times more. Compare other prices and you will be amazed.
McDonald's Downey
The 1953 McDonald's restaurant at 10207 Lakewood Blvd. (at Florence Ave.) was the third franchised McDonald's built and is the oldest surviving McDonald's. It was listed on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's 1994 list of the 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. It was one of the first restaurants franchised by Dick and Mac McDonald, prior to the involvement of Ray Kroc in the company, and it still has the original "Golden arches" and a 60-foot animated neon "Speedee" sign.
With low sales, damage from the 1994 Northridge earthquake, and the lack of a drive-up window and indoor seating, the restaurant was closed. However with both the public and preservationists demanding the restaurant be saved, McDonald's spent two years restoring the restaurant and reopened it. Customers today can visit the original restaurant and an adjoining gift shop and museum.
[ Source and more information about Downey: Wikipedia - Downey ]
/\/\cDonald's Downey
10207 Lakewood Boulevard
Lakewood CA
Phone: 562-622-9248
Store #: 3
Grand Opening: 18/08/1953
This McDonald's is located not far from the airport Aéroport Marseille Provence (Marignane) and about 10 kilometers Northwest of the city limit of Marseille. It still has the old or classic look both inside and outside and an almost new Quick restaurant is located next to this McDonald's.
McDonald's Saint-Victoret Marignane
Rue du 8 mai 1945
13730 SAINT-VICTORET
Tél: +31 (0)4 42 79 72 59
Featuring: Drive-Thru - Ronald Gym Club
Store#: 0704
Date of opening: unknown (estimated mid 1990's)
McDonald's featuring a McCafé on a busy spot in the 14th arrondissement near a métro / RER station and the shopping area of Rue Daguerre and Avenue du Général Leclerc.
McDonald's Paris Denfert-Rochereau
5 Avenue du Général Leclerc
75014 PARIS
Tél: 01 42 18 03 78
Featuring: McCafé - EasyOrder
Store#: 0096
Date of opening: unknown
We got this complimentary Big Mac from McDonald's one night during the olympics. It is meant for Russian athletes, but because we wore Russia Hats we got one. Open it up and there's another Big Mac box inside the first. Open the second, there's a smaller third, and so on right down to coupon written in Russian for a free Big Mac! Like a Matrishka Doll! Cool!
The exterior of McDonald's in Purmerend gets a facelift to meet the new visual standards of McDonald's.
McDonald's Purmerend (2006)
McDonald's Purmerend
Verzetslaan 2
1447 XX PURMEREND
Featuring: Drive-Thru - PlayZone
Store# 1088 (NL)
Date of opening: 10/12/1992
Gently easing into my photograph of Beamish Museum colliery village is 1910-built McLaren road locomotive 1110 "Big Mac" , registered BF 5258. Since it weighs in at a mighty 16 tons, I guess it can go wherever it wants!
Copyright © 2014 Terry Pinnegar Photography. All Rights Reserved. THIS IMAGE IS NOT TO BE USED WITHOUT MY EXPRESS PERMISSION!
This restaurant is located South of the town Sisteron near the village Peipin at the exit 21 of the A51 autoroute. With neighbours like Bricomarché, Decathlon Kiabi and Celio sharing the same zone d'activité.
McDonald's Peipin
RD 86- Parking c.c Bricomarché
04200 PEIPIN
Tél: +33 (0)4 92 34 94 93
Featuring: Drive-Thru - Playzone
Store#: unknown
Date of opening: unknown
Crazy view from the back west corner of the Germantown Village Square parking lot. Looks like this McDonald's location might be re-opening in a couple more weeks or so. Bad weather is probably delaying work on the parking lot. They were hoping for a fall opening, which might happen the very last week of fall if they're lucky.
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McDonald's, 2014-built, Germantown Pkwy. near Poplar Ave., Germantown TN
One of the oldest and tiniest McDonald's restaurants of Paris. No indoor seating and no guest toilets.
McDonald's Paris Caumartin
73 Rue Caumartin
75009 PARIS
Tél : 01 48 74 22 12
Featuring: (small instore restaurant)
Store#: 0029
Date of opening: unknown (early 1980's?)
Before the re-imaging this McDonald's restaurant has a Indian theme. The only thing left of this is a totum next to the parking.
This restaurant has been re-imaged in 2010 and is featuring a Drive-Thru with side-by-side order taking since April 2011.
McDonald's Lelystrad
Larserplein 10
8226 PB LELYSTAD
Tel: 0320-257339
Featuring: Drive-Thru
Store#: 1114
Date of opening: 14/12/1994
PHOTO UPLOADED FROM THE ARCHIVES
We visited this restaurant in Kirkkonummi in the Summer of 2002 during our holiday in Finland. Kirkkonummi is located about 30 meters South-West of Helsinki.
McDonald's Kirkkonummi
Asemankaari 2
02400 KIRKKONUMMI
Puhelin: 040-5671365
Featuring: Drive-Thru
Store#: unknown
Date of opening: unknown (1990's)
The first McDonald's restaurant of Austria is still located at the same spot on the ground floor of Palais Wertheim (built in 1868). Restaurant #1 is open every day from 06h00 till 02h00 (Friday and Saturday nights till 05h00) and is located on walking distance of Karlsplatz, Opera, Stadtpark and the old center. No McCafé (at the end of 2009 about 100 McDonald's restaurants of all 163 Austrian McDonald's restaurant will feature a McCafé store-in-store), Playland or Drive-Thru.
McDonald's Scharzenbergplatz
Schwarzenbergplatz 17
1010 WIEN (AUSTRIA)
Store number: 0001
Date of opening: 27/07/1978
One of the 3 McDonald's restaurants on the Mariahilferstrasse in Wien. In Wien the total amount of McDonald's restaurants is 30 (163 totally in Austria) [2009]. This store has no McCafé and is open every day from 7h00 till 3h00.
McDonald's Mariahilferstrasse 114
Mariahilferstrasse 114
1070 WIEN (AUSTRIA)
Storenumber: 0010
CLOSED DOWN (2009 - 2017 ?) -or been relocated-
McDonald's Dijon Valmy 09/07/2014 14h29
A late lunch before driving the last long stretch to Amsterdam. The navigation announced a journey of 719 kilometers and arrival time of 21h02 if nothings goes wrong and there are no food and tankstops anymore. But we had to make two stops. One for fueling (Luxembourg) and one for food (Burger King Nederweert in NL) and we ended up at home at 22h55 with 738 kilomters to go from this point next to the side-by-side Drive-Thru of McDonald's Dijon Valmy. But contrary what you might think, Stewart did the driving home with more than 500 kilometers through the rain.
Photo taken by Stewart WMC*
McDonald's Dijon Parc Valmy
Rue aux Charmes Asnières
PARC VALMY
21000 DIJON
Tél: +33 (0)3 80 23 22 51
Featuring: Drive-Thru - EasyOrder - Playland - Service à Table
Store#: 1314
Date of opening: 29/11/2011
( * WMC = With My Camera )
The Place d'Italie, where the principal districts of the arrondissement (Quartier des Gobelins, the Asian quarter, Butte aux Cailles, etc.) converge, is the center of automobile traffic circulation and a crossroads for most of the métro and bus lines in this part of Paris. It is a major crossing-point for those leaving the city for the suburbs (and vice-versa) and for those traveling between Montparnasse and the rive droite (right bank). One of the largest concentrations of Parisian business activity is in the general area of the Place d'Italie. One of the reasons why McDonald's is located here for already a long time.
The Place d'Italie takes its name from its proximity to the Avenue d'Italie, which, traditionally, has been the point of departure on the road that links Paris and Italy, a route now called the RN7 (A7).
McDonald's Paris Place d'Italie
211-213 Boulevard Vincent Auriol
75013 PARIS
Tél: 01 45 85 98 18
Featuring: McCafé - EasyOrder
Store#: 0051
Date of opening: unknown (estimated mid-1980's)
BNSF ES44C4 6721, SD70MAC 9580 (ex-BN 9580) & ES44DC 7297 lead the Laurel-Shelby northbound at Moccasin, Montana on January 26, 2013.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Canon EFS 18-55mm lens
A very big and always busy restaurant in La Défense in the shopping mall Quatre Temps. It has 2 entrances from the outside (Parvis de la Défense) and one from the inside of the shopping center. Les Quatre Temps is the busiest shopping center of France with more than 230 shops and a surface of 130 000 m2.
/\/\cDonald's La Défense
Centre Commercial des 4 Temps
Passage de l'Hélice
92092 LA DÉFENSE
Tél: 01.47.73.08.53
Featuring: McCafé
Store#: 0055
Date of opening: unknown (1980's)
The McDonald's restaurant on the Dappermarket gets delevered by MLS for the weekend.
McDonald's Eerste Van Swindenstraat - Amsterdam
Eerste van Swindenstraat 68-70
1093 GJ AMSTERDAM
Date of opening: 13/11/1997
Store number (NL): 1180
Interior theme: Market