Swing bridges aren't particularly common. They swing open and closed to allow boat traffic to pass. The smallest one in operation anywhere in the world is in Michigan.
The Interstate Highway System connects the continental United States from coast to coast east to west and north to south. And this spot in Michigan is as far as you can get from an Interstate.
It's more than just talking on the CB radio and keeping the hammer down; here are 7 things I learned about life on the road driving an eighteen-wheeler on the roads of Southwest Michigan.
I had the chance to spend some time on the highway with Rob Ludlow in a big rig and learned a lot about what it takes to be a trucker...
Traveling through Battle Creek and you'll likely as some point travel on the two longest state highways in the Lower Peninsula. However these highways never intersect.
The days may be numbered for Michigan's shortest interstate highway. I-375 in Detroit is called a "Freeway without a Future" in a study released by the Congress for the New Urbanism.
The Mackinac Bridge that connects Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas is the state's most iconic bridge and without question the longest, but it's not the largest.
A portion of the historic Territorial Road, one of the first roads to cross the entire state, caved in after a culvert collapse following the winter of 2015. As the Berrien County Road Commission works on road repairs, they provided a look at how the road looks during construction.