Traffic crossing the Mackinac Bridge in November dropped 10.9 percent compared to November 2004, reported Bob Sweeney, executive secretary of the Mackinac Bridge Authority. This November, 282,034 vehicles crossed the span, while 316,411 crossings were reported last November.

Traffic for 2005 is 4.3 percent behind last year’s pace, with 4,015,794 crossing this year to date, and 4,196,218 crossing for the same period in 2004.