Portage Lake Lift Bridge

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The Portage Lake Lift Bridge is a prominent vertical-lift bridge in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that connects the cities of Houghton and Hancock across the Keweenaw Waterway.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf movable bridge
road bridge
vertical-lift bridge
alsoKnownAs Houghton–Hancock Bridge
Portage Lake Lift Bridge
surface form: Portage Canal Lift Bridge
carries motor vehicles
pedestrians
clearanceBelowWhenLowered about 35 feet
clearanceBelowWhenRaised about 100 feet
connects Hancock, Michigan NERFINISHED
Houghton, Michigan
constructionStartDate 1957
country United States of America
crosses Keweenaw Waterway
crossesAt Portage Canal
designedBy Hazelet & Erdal
hasDecks two
hasHeritageStatus eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places
hasLiftSpan yes
hasMainSpanLength about 325 feet
hasNumberOfSpans 3
hasTotalLength about 1,310 feet
isLandmarkOf Hancock, Michigan NERFINISHED
Houghton, Michigan
Upper Peninsula of Michigan
surface form: Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
locatedIn Michigan
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Houghton County, Michigan NERFINISHED
Keweenaw County, Michigan NERFINISHED
lowerDeckUsedFor originally rail traffic
snowmobile traffic in winter
maintainedBy Michigan Department of Transportation
materialUsed steel
notableFor being one of the heaviest and widest double-deck vertical-lift bridges in the world
officialName Portage Lake Lift Bridge self-link
opened 1959
over Keweenaw Waterway
surface form: Keweenaw Waterway shipping canal

Portage Lake
partOf M-26 (Michigan highway)
U.S. Route 41 NERFINISHED
regionServed Keweenaw Peninsula
replaced Portage Lake Lift Bridge self-linksurface differs
surface form: Portage Lake swing bridge
significance primary land connection to northern Keweenaw Peninsula
state Michigan (most of state)
surface form: Michigan
upperDeckUsedFor vehicular traffic
usedBy local traffic between Houghton and Hancock
tourist traffic to Keweenaw Peninsula

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Subject: Portage Lake Lift Bridge
Description of subject: The Portage Lake Lift Bridge is a prominent vertical-lift bridge in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that connects the cities of Houghton and Hancock across the Keweenaw Waterway.

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Houghton County, Michigan hasMajorBridge Portage Lake Lift Bridge
Houghton, Michigan hasBridgeConnection Portage Lake Lift Bridge
Portage Lake (Michigan) hasNearbyStructure Portage Lake Lift Bridge
Portage Lake (Michigan) crossedBy Portage Lake Lift Bridge
Portage Lake Lift Bridge officialName Portage Lake Lift Bridge self-link
Portage Lake Lift Bridge alsoKnownAs Portage Lake Lift Bridge
this entity surface form: Portage Canal Lift Bridge
Portage Lake Lift Bridge replaced Portage Lake Lift Bridge self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Portage Lake swing bridge
Keweenaw Waterway crossedBy Portage Lake Lift Bridge
Keweenaw Waterway hasBridge Portage Lake Lift Bridge