Under the Bridge (The Cut River Bridge, That Is): Mackinac County
This is a place I visited a number of years ago, and it was impressive.
It’s the Cut River Bridge that spans the Cut River (duh) on US-2 in the Upper Peninsula, approximately 25 miles west of St. Ignace. It’s a steel deck bridge with a long wooden staircase that you can descend into the valley below and under the bridge. Once under the bridge, take a good look under the main structure on the east end: you should see an office door with a brass plaque that reads "T. Troll" (do you dare knock?).
The bridge has been around since 1947, just one of two cantilevered deck truss bridges in the state; the other one is the Mortimer E. Cooley Bridge in Manistee County.
The Cut River bridge is 641 feet long with a drop of 147 feet to the river below. Although construction of the bridge began in 1941, it was put on hold until after World War II, as the demand for steel had to be used for the military.
The Cut River bridge is known under another name as well: a legislation was passed in 2014 to name the bridge after a member of the Navy SEALS, Heath Michael Robinson, who was killed in Afghanistan on August 6, 2011.
There is a little park where you can pull in, park, and take that cool wooden staircase down under the bridge. Especially worth the visit when the fall colors are out! See photos in the gallery below...
Cut River Bridge, U.P.
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