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Wednesday, August 18, 2004
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VOLUME 3
ISSUE 6
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08-18-04 – In February 2004, 232,806 cars crossed the Bridge compared to 226,199 in February 2003; in March 2004, 240,155 cars crossed the Bridge compared to 245,427 in March 2003; in April 2004, 267,077 cars crossed the Bridge compared to 246,102 in 2003; in May 2004, 355,780 cars crossed the Bridge compared to 370,850 cars in May 2003; in June 2004, 444,780 cars crossed the Bridge compared to 464,103 in June 2003, and in July 2004, 633,202 cars crossed the Bridge compared to 638,341 in July 2003.
03-23-04 – In January 2004, 212,333 cars crossed the Bridge compared to 230,336 cars in January 2003.
01-28-04 – In November 2003, 319,185 cars crossed the Mackinac Bridge compared to 320,785 in November 2002, and in December 2003, 248,869 cars crossed the Bridge compared to 262,338 in December 2002. January 2003 was the only month of the year in which more cars crossed the Bridge than during the same month in 2002. In total, 4,528,569 cars crossed the Bridge in 2003, down from an annual total of 4,733,207 cars in 2002.
11-21-03 – According to the Mackinac Bridge Authority, 451,732 cars crossed the Bridge in September 2003 compared to 493,683 in September 2002, and 414,221 cars crossed the Bridge in October 2003 compared to 416,971 in October 2002.
10-10-03 – The trend of a reduced number of cars crossing the Mackinac Bridge continued in August 2003 when 673,205 cars crossed the bridge, compared to 692,396 during the same month last year.
08-28-03 – For the past six consecutive months, the number of cars crossing the Mackinac Bridge (going in both directions) has been lower than during the same months last year. In July 2003 only 638,340 cars crossed the bridge, compared to 685,603 last July.
07-31-03 – The Mackinac Bridge Authority reported that only 464,103 cars crossed the bridge in June 2003, down from 493,491 last June.
07-03-03 – Michigan bridge crossing counts have been down significantly every month this year with the exception of January. Only 370,850 cars crossed the bridge in May 2003, down from 383,865 in May of last year.
06-11-03 – According to the Mackinac Bridge Authority only 246,103 cars crossed the bridge in April 2003. This is the lowest car count for April on record going back through 1995 when the Center first began collecting this data.
05-02-03 – 245,427 cars crossed the Mighty Mack in March 2003, down from 256,872 during the same month last year.
03-24-03 – 230,336 cars crossed the Mackinac Bridge in January 2003, while only 226,199 cars crossed it in February 2003.
02-07-03 – The number of cars crossing the Mackinac Bridge in December 2002 was 262,338, up from 250,870 in December 2001 and 232,964 in the same month of 2000.
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