![Mackinac Bridge Walk Returns for 2021: What You Need to Know](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20200611_203624-470x140.jpg)
Since 1958, Labor Day in Michigan has been celebrated as the only day of the year that pedestrians can walk across the Mackinac Bridge. The…
![60 Facts and Figures About the Mackinac Bridge](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Mackinac-Bridge-From-Lighthouse-470x140.jpg)
The Mackinac Bridge opened on November 1st 1957. This important Michigan landmark bridged two peninsulas and made travel between the two large areas quicker and…
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One of the most talked about events in Michigan on Memorial Day centered on the Mackinac Bridge. A giant American flag proudly flew on the…
![Jim Dreyer Putting “Superhuman” and “The Human Tugboat” Nicknames to Test by Pulling a Lincoln MKC to Mackinac Island](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Jim-Dreyer-Habitat-for-Humanity-470x140.jpg)
If you don’t know the name Jim Dreyer yet, chances are you don’t know how determined the endurance swimmer is in completing challenges. Fresh off…
![Labor Day Mackinac Bridge Walk 2015 to Feature Inaugural Mighty Mac Swim Event](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Mackinac-Bridge-Sheplers-Cruise-470x140.jpg)
Since 1958, Michigan residents and people from all over the World have walked across the five mile Mackinac Bridge on Labor Day each year. That…