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BNSF SD70MAC 9628 at Great Falls, MT December 29, 2009.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Canon EFS 18-55mm lens
One of the days we were in Japan was a holiday and the restaurant we were planning to eat at closed early. We wound up eating at McDonalds since it was close by and we were starving. Devin got the Egg BigMac.
The 'greatest Giant', Willie McCovey with AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, in the background. A statue of McCovey, stands outside of AT&T Park at McCovey Cove (aka 'China Basin'). McCovey, at first base, played 19 seasons for the Giants. He batted and threw left-handed and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1986. He won Rookie of the Year in 1959 and, three years later, helped the Giants to the World Series in 1962 though they lost to the Yankees. McCovey was inducted into the Afro Sports Hall of Fame in Oakland, California in February 2009.
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.
this is jack's spin on that other mcburger with the special sauce, lettuce, cheese blah, blah, blah.
so i'm guessing the new guy on the grill hasn't quite got the hang of things yet.
i fixed it. i ate it. it was good.
BNSF SD70MAC 9631 (ex-BN 9631) on the ready track at the Great Falls, Montana roundhouse January 5, 2011.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Canon EFS 18-55mm lens
What You See Is What You Jet
Presenting
World's Most Junk Magazines
BIG MAC Index: The Relation of Magazine Prices in BIG MACS
Если costs 1,80 $ apiece, as 0,9 BIGMACS.
Fate costs 4,50 $ apiece, as 2,2 BIGMACS.
Galatasaray costs 4,70 $ apiece, as 2,3 BIGMACS.
Junk Jet costs 14,00 $ apiece, as 6,8 BIGMACS.
ニコラ costs 4,78 $ apiece, as 2,3 BIGMACS.
Новости космонавтики costs 19,00 $ apiece, as 9,3 BIGMACS.
宠物世界 狗迷 costs 2,90 $ apiece, as 1,4 BIGMACS.
Πτήση & Διάστημα costs 5,28 $ apiece, as 2,6 BIGMACS.
Something Wicked costs 5,50 $ apiece, as 2,7 BIGMACS.
JETISTICS: THE ANALYSIS OF JUNK.
THE JUNK OF ANALYSIS?
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in February 2009
On February 14, 2009 Dad shot CSX AC4400CW 330 and SD70MAC 4528 (ex-CSX 728) with a southbound unit coal train in the Etowah, TN yard.
Canon PowerShot A570IS
Just had my first McGangbang :)
Take one BigMac, remove the middle slice of bun from between the two burgers and replace it with a whole McChicken sandwhich... Yummy :)
A GE and an EMD paired up and ready to go. Dash 9 5367 and Big Mac 9416 were running down to the west end of the Great Falls yard to pick up their train and head west. I don't often see SD70MACs in Great Falls, and today was a rare occurance for me to find so many Dash 9s at once. Great Falls is usually the domain of SD40-2s and four-axle EMDs of all varieties.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Canon EFS 18-55mm lens
BNSF SD70MAC 9790 dead-in-tow on the Shelby-Laurel manifest leaving Great Falls, Montana June 30, 2010. This unit was involved in a derailment a few days earlier up at Power, Montana.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Canon EFS 18-55mm lens
I swear that it seemed like more than half of the garbage I saw on the streets of Saskatoon this winter was from McDonald’s.
Maybe it means that people in Bridge City eat almost as much McDonald’s food as they eat any other fast food. Or maybe it means that people who eat McDonald’s in Saskatoon are more likely to be pigs.
Big Mac, French Fries, Coke
McDonald's
Denver International Airport
8500 Pena Blvd
Denver, CO 80249
(303) 342-2000
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.
CSX SD70MAC 4561 (ex-CSX 761) and AC44CW 5121 lead a southbound unit coal train through the West Knoxville, TN yard on December 2, 2008.
This was taken on the day Dad and I went railfanning together for the first time in a decade.
You can see one of Dad's shots of this train HERE.
Canon EOS 350D Digital Rebel XT
Canon EFS 18-55mm lens
Photo shot by my Dad, Jay Thomson, at Etowah, TN in January 2009
On January 24, 2009 Dad found CSX ES44DCs 5213, 5372, SD70MAC 4576 (ex-CSX 776, nee-CR 4131) and GP40-2 6362 (ex-SBD 6362, xx-SBD 1652, nee-SCL 1652) as power on a southbound slow freight sitting in the Etowah, TN yard.
Canon PowerShot A570IS
Inspired by a recent conversation with a friend, I had a rummage in the back of my wardrobe and found these old and beloved friends.
World domination! It's just a short walk from the Luxor Temple to McDonald's. You can probably even have a BigMac delivered to you at the Temple! And Ronald is out there to greet you.