The Emmet County Transportation Quest Geo-trail will take participants on a tour to discover the interesting historic transportation places in the county. Each cache will provide a specific answer to a question on the passport. Information and the passport can be downloaded from the Emmet County web site http://www.emmetcounty.org/geocache/
Once 25 of the caches in this tour have been completed, the passport can be taken to Emmet County Building, Suite 178 or mailed to Beth Eckerle, Emmet County Building, Suite 178, 200 Division St., Petoskey, MI 49770 to receive a collectable souvenir coin for this series.
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The Mackinac Bridge opened for traffic on November 1, 1957. The bridge is part of U.S. Interstate 75 and is an essential transportation link connecting Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas. Approximately 4,000,000 vehicles cross the bridge every year. The Mackinac Bridge is the longest suspension bridge between anchorages in the Western hemisphere. The total length of the Mackinac Bridge is 26,372 feet. The height of the roadway at mid-span is approximately 200 feet above water level.