Police: Bomb threat closed Mackinac Bridge for 3 hours
Authorities say a bomb threat closed the bridge connecting Michigan’s two peninsulas for about three hours on Sunday afternoon
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Law enforcement notified the Mackinac Bridge Authority of the threat and the bridge was closed in both directions around 2:15 p.m., the authority said in a tweet.
The Michigan State and Mackinaw City police investigated. Nothing was found after an “extensive search,” the authority said, and the bridge was reopened shortly after 5 p.m.
The more than 26,300-foot (8,016-meter) structure is the longest suspension bridge in the Western Hemisphere