Facts
- Overview
- Vertical lift bridge over Portage Lake on US 41 in Hancock
- Location
- Houghton County, Michigan
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1960
- Design
- Vertical lift
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 269.0 ft.
Total length: 1,310.1 ft.
Deck width: 53.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.2 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +47.12278, -88.57278 (decimal degrees)
47°07'22" N, 88°34'22" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/380703/5220008 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Chassell
- Inventory number
- BH 20056 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection
- Average daily traffic (as of 1996)
- 1,800