The closing of Independence Bridge would make the mooring of the USS Edson obsolete. The ship would be pigeon holed on the Saginaw River.

This would take away a through route of seeing the Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum Ship from the bridge. It also would make for more complicated GPS directions to locate the ship.

If the City of Bay City and the State of Michigan close the bridge they should pay for the docking of the USS Edson to Downtown Bay City. The ship is becoming the number one tourist attraction in Bay City and in Michigan.