Houghton-Hancock Lift Bridge

This is an image set within the Bridgemeister collection.

Bridge:Houghton-Hancock Lift Bridge
Location:Houghton and Hancock, Michigan, USA - Keweenaw Waterway - Portage Lake
Coordinates:47.123583 N 88.574056 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Image Set Contributor:David Denenberg
Date of Images:August 2024
Related Image Lists:All from David Denenberg
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Credit:All photos by David Denenberg. Please do not reuse without permission.

Portage Lake Lift Bridge (Wikipedia) explains the use of the two-deck/three-position design of this large lift bridge.

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