Mackinac Bridge Facts
Over 5 miles long, the mighty Mackinac hangs suspended
on 760-foot twin towers that start 210 feet beneath the
straits and continue over 550 feet above the choppy blue
waters of Lake Michigan.
42,000 miles of wire comprise the two-foot-thick cables
that suspend four lanes of highway 150 feet above the
Great Lakes ships. The center span extends for 3,800 feet
and sways in the high winds common to the straits.
Joining the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan,
a dream since 1887, required four years, 100 million
dollars, and cost the lives of several men who fell from the
towering structure during construction. It is a tremendous
engineering marvel.
Is the Mackinac the GREATEST BRIDGE?
The center span of the Golden Gate Bridge is 4,200
feet, which is 400 feet longer than the center span of the
Mackinac, so there are those who say it is the greatest.
What Is the GREATEST Bridge?
Bridges span canyons, bays, and straits, but the GREATEST
BRIDGE spanned a far greater gulf. The widest gulf in all
the universe is that between God and man. That gulf has
been bridged by God's own Son, Jesus Christ, who came to
fulfill the dreams and prophecies of thousands of years.
The cost of the Mackinac Bridge was a hundred million
dollars. The cost of bridging the gulf between God and
man was far greater! If money could have done it, we might
have been able to raise enough. But Salvation cannot be
purchased so easily. The blood of a perfect man was needed
to atone for sin.
"Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with
corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain
conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But
with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without
blemish and without spot" (I Peter 1:18, 19).
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel …how
that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day
according to the scriptures” (I Corinthians 15:1, 3-4).
Before the Mackinac Bridge was built, ferries carried people
across the straits. So, aren't there other ways to bridge the
gulf between you and God? What about doing good or going
to church?
THE BIBLE SAYS THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY TO GOD!
"Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none
other name under heaven given among men, whereby we
must be saved" (Acts 4:12).
This is good news! Those who seek God find that the gulf
has already been bridged by Jesus Christ. You do not need
to build that bridge. You simply need to walk it! Why wait?
Turn from your old life, accept Jesus Christ for who he is,
and join the family of God.
Are you ready to walk that Bridge?
Here is a prayer to get started: "Lord Jesus, I know that
I am a sinner and that I deserve to go Hell. I accept your
sacrifice for me. I want to turn from my old sinful ways
and come to the Father. Please forgive me of my sin and
come into my heart. Please help me to walk with you
every day for the rest of my life. Amen."
"But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off
are made nigh by the blood of Christ" (Ephesians 2:13).
