Mackinac Bridge reopens to traffic after falling ice concerns

The Mackinac bridge was reopened to visitors on Monday night after it was closed as a result of fall of ice, in line with the Mackinac Bridge Authority.

Previous to the reopening, the authority mentioned in a submit on X: “Consensus of our upkeep personnel is that that is the worst that we now have ever seen on the bridge,” in reference to the ice.

An replace on the Mackinac Bridge Authority web site at 5:37 PM Learn: “There are presently no important climate situations to report back to motorists who’re planning to cross the Mackinac Bridge.”

In line with a launch of 2022 of the Mackinac Bridge Authority, ice chunks, sheets and spears that fall a whole lot of toes of the towers and cables of the bridge, have broken automobiles and have the potential to injure or kill automobile.

Vacationers can observe standing updates throughout the bridge Twitter -page and the Mackinac Bridge Authority website.

Drivers can even join textual content warnings of the Rave Alert system by way of “MacBridge” to 67283 in SMSs.