vintage and contemporary postcards and stamps from around the world


12 September 2024

to infinity and beyond

Opened on the eve of the Summer Games in 2004 for the Olympic Flame to cross 

joining Rio on the Peloponnese peninsula to Antirio on mainland Greece over the Gulf of Corinth

no longer in use, this bridge opened in 1929, two months before the Wall St crash

 postmarked 1954

 

a bridge that was started in 1954 and completed in 1957, the five mile long Mackinac connects the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan over the Straits of Mackinac that separates Lakes Huron and Michigan

There is a driver assistance program where, for a fee, you can have someone drive your vehicle for you if you are fearful. Around 1,000 people take advantage of this every year.
 

5 comments:

Joy said...

Ooh a transport service for snowmobiles to cross the Mackinac Bridge, that was a surprise. I will now view Canadian bridges in a different winter light.
My bridges are here

Joy said...

Sorry I saw the word snowmobile and thought Canada, forgetting I'd read Michigan LOL. Still thinking of those Canadian bridges further north.

marina said...

wow! the first bridge takes my breath away....

Lisa said...

I'd take advantage of the assistance program! It is quite a reasonable cost. I do not drive across bridges (big ones, long ones) if it can be helped, and it usually can be helped!
Mine:
https://lisasgardenadventureinoregon.blogspot.com/2024/09/thursday-postcard-hunt-bridges-long-and.html

Mail Adventures said...

The assistance program has surprised me as much as the bridge itself!

Mine is here.