Notes:

• One of several Michigan suspension footbridges nicknamed "Little Mac".
• Stephen Quintana writes: "One of my first projects was to be the inspector on the construction of this bridge. This was somewhere between 1994 and 1996. I remember the contractor's only experience with any Forest Service projects was installing some toilets for us. He had never done anything like this before. I wasn't on the job site the day he pulled the cables across the river, so I asked him how he did it. He said he used a fishing pole with a small weight and cast it across the river. Then he used that to pull a larger rope, then a much larger rope, then finally the cables. I thought they did a pretty good job on this bridge. I remember the cost was somewhere around $100,000 for this project."
• 2024, November: Closed for refurbishment.

External Links:

• USDA Forest Service - Delayed Manistee River Suspension Bridge Maintenance Begins. Article dated November 8, 2024 regarding start of extensive refurbishment of the bridge: "Bridge upgrades include new galvanized hardware, decking, railing, curbing, galvanized paint on hard-to-reach components, needle beams, which support the bridge from the main cable, as well as new stringers."

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