GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — On Monday, Hannah Thomas will be one in 60,000 people walking the Mackinac Bridge for the annual Labor Day walk.

“I enjoy walking that bridge,” Thomas said. While she may not be alone, she'll more than likely be one of the few that’s been doing it for half a century.

“This will be 50 years and I am so very thankful for that I can still do it,” Thomas said.

At 85-years-old, the Walker woman has made it a point to walk around five miles a day.

“I keep active and do whatever I can, and I get out and shove my own shove my driveway with my husband and stuff,” Thomas said.

Every year since 1958, thousands of people flock to Mackinaw City and St. Ignace to walk across the Mackinac Bridge on Labor Day. It’s the only time the bridge is open to foot traffic.

For Thomas, s

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