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This page has nothing whatsoever to do with Morel Mushrooms or any type of mushrooms for that fact. It is simply a page for some fun and leisure reading. Some of the facts on this page are interesting and some are just stupid. You may even find yourself saying "Who Cares About That" at some of the nutty things on this page. Since this Website is based out of Michigan I have started out with some Michigan Facts.
Simply Enjoy!
Some Facts about Michigan
The Mackinaw Bridge
LENGTHS
| Total Length of Bridge (5 Miles) | 26,372 Ft. | 8,038 Meters |
| Total Length of Steel Superstructure | 19,243 Ft. | 5,865 Meters |
| Length of Suspension Bridge (including Anchorages) | 8,614 Ft. | 2,626 Meters |
| Total Length of North Approach | 7,129 Ft. | 2,173 Meters |
| Length of Main Span (between Main Towers) | 3,800 Ft. | 1,158 Meters |
HEIGHTS AND DEPTHS
| |
| Height of Main Towers above Water |
552 Ft. |
168.25 Meters |
| Maximum Depth to Rock at Midspan |
Unknown |
Unknown |
| Maximum Depth of Water at Midspan |
295 Ft. |
90 Meters |
| Maximum Depth of Tower Piers below Water |
210 Ft. |
64 Meters |
| Height of Roadway above Water at Midspan |
199 Ft. |
61 Meters |
| Underclearance at Midspan for Ships |
155 Ft. |
47 Meters |
| Maximum Depth of Water at Piers |
142 Ft. |
43 Meters |
| Maximum Depth of Piers Sunk through Overburden |
105 Ft. |
32 Meters |
CABLES
| |
| Total Length of Wire in Main Cables | 42,000 Miles | 67,592 km |
| Maximum Tension in Each Cable | 16,000 Tons | 14,515,995 kg |
| Number of Wires in Each Cable | 12,580 |
| Weight of Cables | 11,840 Tons | 10,741,067 kg |
| Diameter of Main Cables | 24 1/2 Inches | 62.23 cm |
| Diameter of Each Wire | 0.196 Inches | .498 cm |
CONCRETE
| Total Concrete in Bridge |
466,300 Cu. Yds. |
356,512 Cu. Meters |
| Total Concrete in Substructure |
451,000 Cu. Yds. |
344,814 Cu. Meters |
| Total Concrete in One Anchorage (No. 22) |
91,600 Cu. Yds. |
70,033 Cu. Meters |
| Total Concrete in One Pier (No. 19) |
80,600 Cu. Yds. |
61,623 Cu. Meters |
| Total Concrete in Superstructure |
15,300 Cu. Yds. |
11,698 Cu. Meters |
WEIGHTS
| Total Weight of Bridge | 1,024,500 Tons | 929,410,766 kg |
| Total Weight of Concrete | 931,000 Tons | 844,589 kg |
| Total Weight of Substructure | 919,100 Tons | 833,793,495 kg |
| Total Weight of Two Anchorages | 360,380 Tons | 326,931,237 kg |
| Total Weight of Two Main Piers | 318,000 Tons | 288,484,747 kg |
| Total Weight of Superstructure | 104,400 Tons | 94,710,087 kg |
| Total Weight of Structural Steel | 71,300 Tons | 64,682,272 kg |
| Weight of Steel in Each Main Tower | 6,500 Tons | 5,896,701 kg |
| Total Weight of Cable Wire | 11,840 Tons | 10,741,067 kg |
| Total Weight of Concrete Roadway | 6,660 Tons | 6,041,850 kg |
| Total Weight of Reinforcing Steel | 3,700 Tons | 3,356,584 kg |
RIVOTS AND BOLTS
| Total Number of Steel Rivets | 4,851,700 |
| Total Number of Steel Bolts | 1,016,600 |
DETAILS AND DRAWINGS
| Total Number of Engineering Drawings | 4,000 |
| Total Number of Blueprints | 85,000 |
MEN EMPLOYED
| Total, at the Bridge Site | 3,500 |
| At Quarries, Shops, Mills, etc. | 7,500 |
| Total Number of Engineers | 350 |
Here are some other interesting Michigan facts and some not so interesting. Enjoy!
· Michigan State Fish:------------------ Brook Trout
· Michigan State Flower:------------------ Apple Blossom
· Michigan State Game Mammal:----------- White-Tailed Deer
· Michigan State Gem:------------------- Chlorastrolite
· Michigan State Fossil:------------- Mastadon
· Michigan State Motto: "Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circumspice."
("If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.")
· Michigan State Reptile:------------------- Painted Turtle
· Michigan State Stone:----------------------- Petoskey Stone
· Michigan State Tree:------------------ White Pine
· Michigan State Wildflower:----------------- Dwarf Lake Iris
| Capital: | | Lansing |
| Population: | | 9,938,444 |
| Governor: | | Jennifer Granholm (D, to January 2007)(Thank God she will be out of office!!!) |
| Entered the Union: | | Jan. 26, 1837 |
| As the 26th State | |
| Nickname: | | Wolverine State |
| Flower: | | Apple Blossom |
| Bird: | | Robin |
| Song: | | Michigan by Michigan |
| Sports Teams | | Detroit Lions(Football); Detroit Pistons(Basketball); Detroit Tigers(Baseball); Detroit Red Wings(Hockey) |
| Origin of Name: | | From Indian word "Michigana" meaning "great or large lake" |
| Historical Sites: | | Mackinac Island, Fort Mackinac, Greenfield Village, Sault St. Marie |
| Points of Interest: | | Pictured Rocks and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshores |
| Bordering States: | | Michigan borders Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, and also the nation of Canada. |
| Major Industries: | | Motor Vehicles and Parts, Minerals, Farming |
Here are some other interesting Michigan facts and some not so interesting. Enjoy!
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
A snail can sleep for three years.
Al Capones's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.
It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.
Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."
There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.
Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
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