Traffic backup from disabled vehicle on Mackinac Bridge

Heard on: Cheboygan MI Interop Group Calls

02:02

00:00

Copy. I have massive traffic backup on the northbound.

00:05

Chief.

00:08

Oh no.

00:10

Uh.

00:12

NBA.

00:14

16.

00:16

NBA.

00:18

MBA, go ahead.

00:21

Would you guys be willing to shut down southbound traffic and try and shift that car into southbound so it doesn't cause a crash?

00:30

I have stopped southbound traffic, but I haven't laid eyes on the specific vehicle.

00:36

I'm not sure where it is or who's talking to it.

00:39

MBA.

00:44

Go ahead.

00:47

NBA from central dispatch.

00:49

That vehicle is starting to slow down.

00:57

Central dispatch, back on bridge, sorry.

01:00

Go ahead.

01:03

Do we have communication with that vehicle or are they under control?

01:08

Copy. Do they need a tow truck?

01:12

Approximate location, please.

01:15

Copy that. I am letting southbound traffic resume.

01:19

316 copies.

01:20

I'll head up to the bridge.

01:22

Heard it, shut.

01:25

Mackinac Bridge Authority Central.

01:28

I have a trooper that sees him going to be at the mile marker 32.

01:38

Copy that. Okay, tow truck in route.

01:41

Central, confirming you're contacting a wrecker.

01:45

You need us to contact a wrecker.

01:47

8316 is asking.

01:51

Repeat, please.

01:53

Confirming that you've contacted a wrecker.

02:00

Copy, C. W. Alden Road.

7/30/2026 03:33 PM

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Mackinac Bridge, Mackinac Brg, Mackinaw City, MI 49701

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Traffic backup from disabled vehicle on Mackinac Bridge

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