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Mackinac Bridge Safety Report | Flint News
After the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, safety concerns sparked nationwide — but new data from the Mackinac Bridge Authority brings reassuring news. An engineering study by Parsons found the chance of the Mackinac Bridge collapsing from a ship collision is astronomically low — once every 10,350 years — well below federal safety standards. Commissioned by the National Transportation Safety Board following the Baltimore incident, the report thoroughly evaluated the bridge’s design, structural integrity, and maritime traffic in the Straits of Mackinac. With the bridge standing since 1957…
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