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- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge length "0.1524".
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge abstract "The Portage Lake Lift Bridge (officially the Houghton–Hancock Bridge) connects the cities of Hancock and Houghton, in the US state of Michigan, across Portage Lake, a portion of the waterway which cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula with a canal linking the final several miles to Lake Superior to the northwest. US Highway 41 (US 41) and M-26 are both routed across the bridge. It is the only land-based link between the north (so-called Copper Island) and south sections of the Keweenaw peninsula.The original bridge on the same site was a wooden swing bridge built in 1875. The bridge was built by James P. Edward of Fox and Howard Inc. of Chicago. Three local men raised $47,000 in stocks for the toll bridge. Construction began in the spring of 1875 and was finished in the spring of 1876. This was replaced by a steel swing bridge, the Portage Canal Swing Bridge, built by the King Bridge Company in 1901. The Portage Canal Swing Bridge was damaged when a ship, the Northern Wave, collided with it in 1905. The center swinging section of the bridge was replaced and a similar incident almost occurred again in 1920, but the ship was able to stop by dropping its anchor, which snagged on the bottom of the lake. In 1959, the Portage Canal Swing Bridge was replaced, at a cost of about 11-13 million US dollars (sources vary), by the current bridge which was built by the American Bridge Company.This moveable bridge is a lift bridge with the middle section capable of being lifted from its low point of four feet clearance over the water to a clearance of 100 feet (30 m) to allow boats to pass underneath. The bridge is the world's heaviest and widest double-decked vertical-lift bridge. More than 35,000 tons of concrete and 7,000 tons of steel went into the bridge, which replaced the narrow 54-year-old swing bridge, declared a menace to navigation on the busy Keweenaw Waterway. Its center span \"lifts\" to provide 100 feet (30 m) of clearance for ships.The original 1959 design by Hazelet and Erdal of Chicago of the bridge's liftspan had roadways constructed on both levels with rails imbedded in the road surface on the lower deck. This allowed the span to be partially raised to allow small and medium boat traffic to pass underneath without disrupting vehicular traffic. From this middle position, the span would then only need to be raised for large ships or lowered to allow trains to cross. With the end of rail service in 1982, the lowest position is no longer needed to allow trains to pass so the bridge is not lowered below the middle position during the summer boating season except for periods of maintenance or repair. In the winter after the lake freezes, the bridge is placed in the lowest position to allow the lower deck to be used by snowmobile traffic.Hancock and Houghton hold an annual celebration called Bridgefest to commemorate the opening of the bridge which united their two communities.".
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge crosses Keweenaw_Waterway.
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge height "54.864".
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge length "152.4".
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge locatedInArea Hancock,_Michigan.
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge locatedInArea Houghton,_Michigan.
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge mainspan "76.2".
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge maintainedBy Michigan_Department_of_Transportation.
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge openingYear "1959".
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge thumbnail PortageLakeLiftBridge.jpg?width=300.
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge type Vertical-lift_bridge.
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge unitedStatesNationalBridgeId "3380".
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge vehiclesPerDay "20000".
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge wikiPageExternalLink www.bridgefestfun.com.
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- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge wikiPageOutDegree "31".
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- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge wikiPageWikiLink American_Bridge_Company.
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- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge wikiPageWikiLink Copper_Island.
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge wikiPageWikiLink Hancock,_Michigan.
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge wikiPageWikiLink Houghton,_Michigan.
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- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge wikiPageWikiLinkText "Houghton".
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge wikiPageWikiLinkText "Portage Canal Swing Bridge".
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge wikiPageWikiLinkText "Portage Lake Lift Bridge".
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge wikiPageWikiLinkText "Portage Lift Bridge".
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge below "About fully raised)".
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge below "fully lowered".
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge below "raised to intermediate position".
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge bridgeName "Portage Lake Lift Bridge".
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge crosses "Portage Waterway arm of Portage Lake".
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge design Vertical-lift_bridge.
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge id "3380".
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- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge length "approx".
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge locale "Hancock and Houghton, Michigan".
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- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge mainspan "clearance".
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge maint Michigan_Department_of_Transportation.
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge officialName "Houghton–Hancock Bridge".
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge open "1959".
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge width "lower deck: 4 lanes with no shoulders, single-track railroad".
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge width "upper deck: 4 lanes with no shoulders".
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- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge subject Category:Bridges_completed_in_1959.
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge subject Category:Bridges_on_the_U.S._Highway_System.
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge subject Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_Houghton_County,_Michigan.
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge subject Category:Former_toll_bridges_in_Michigan.
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge subject Category:Road_bridges_in_Michigan.
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge subject Category:Towers_in_Michigan.
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- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge subject Category:U.S._Route_41.
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- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge type Bridge.
- Portage_Lake_Lift_Bridge type Infrastructure.
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