Portage Lake Lift Bridge, Houghton-Hancock

Name: Portage Lake Lift Bridge
Address: U.S. 41, Houghton-Hancock, 49931, United States

#1 among attractions in Houghton-Hancock

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Portage Lake Lift Bridge, Houghton-Hancock

Facts and practical information

The Portage Lake Lift Bridge connects the cities of Hancock and Houghton, in the US state of Michigan. It crosses 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 and M-26 are both routed across the bridge. It is the only land-based link between the north and south sections of the Keweenaw peninsula. ()

Opened: 1959 (65 years ago)Length: 500 ftHeight: 180 ftCoordinates: 47°7'22"N, 88°34'26"W

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U.S. 41Houghton-Hancock 49931 United States

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Day trips

Portage Lake Lift Bridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist House, Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw, Michigan Technological University, Temple Jacob.

0.9 miN
Museum
Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist House, Hancock
23 min walk • The Quincy Mine No. 2 Shaft Hoist House is an industrial building located north of Hancock, Michigan along US Highway 41 within the Quincy Mining Company Historic District.
~1580 ftE
History museum, Museum
Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw, Houghton-Hancock
8 min walk • The Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw in Houghton, Michigan, is a non-collecting museum that houses changing exhibits about local cultural and natural history. The building is so named as it was built with a 1908 grant from Andrew Carnegie. It served as the public library for Houghton, Michigan from its opening in 1910 until 2006.
1.5 miSE
Universities and schools
Michigan Technological University, Houghton-Hancock
38 min walk • Michigan Technological University is a public research university in Houghton, Michigan. Its main campus sits on 925 acres on a bluff overlooking Portage Lake.
~1200 ftN
Synagogue
Temple Jacob, Houghton-Hancock
6 min walk • Temple Jacob is a small historic synagogue in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It owes its origins to the copper boom in the Keweenaw Peninsula in the late 19th and early 20th century.
0.4 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Saint Ignatius Loyola Church, Houghton-Hancock
12 min walk • Saint Ignatius Loyola Church is a church located at 703 East Houghton Avenue in Houghton, Michigan. The church was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1977 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
1.3 miSE
Museum, Natural history museum
A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Houghton-Hancock
34 min walk • The A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum, currently located on the campus of Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan, is the official mineral museum of the state of Michigan and is a heritage site of the Keweenaw National Historical Park.
~950 ftSE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Trinity Episcopal Church, Houghton-Hancock
5 min walk • Trinity Episcopal Church is a Gothic Revival-style Episcopal church at 205 East Montezuma Avenue in Houghton, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site on July 17, 1986. It is the second of two church buildings to exist on the site; the current one replaced a wooden structure in 1910.
0.8 miNW
Universities and schools
Finlandia Hall, Houghton-Hancock
21 min walk • Finlandia University is a private Lutheran university in Hancock, Michigan. It is the only private university in the Upper Peninsula.
0.8 miW
Romanesque revival architecture, Romanesque architecture
Old Main, Hancock
20 min walk • Old Main, Suomi College is an educational building located on Quincy Street on the Finlandia University campus in Hancock, Michigan. It is also known as the Suomi College Building. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1959 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
~1360 ftE
Library
Portage Lake District Library, Houghton-Hancock
7 min walk • Portage Lake District Library is a public library in Houghton, Michigan, which serves the city of Houghton and Portage Townships.
1 miN
Museum, Mine, Historical place
Quincy Mine, Hancock
26 min walk • The Quincy Mine is an extensive set of copper mines located near Hancock, Michigan. The mine was owned by the Quincy Mining Company and operated between 1846 and 1945, although some activities continued through the 1970s.

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Nearby attractions include Trinity Episcopal Church, Houghton-Hancock (5 min walk), Temple Jacob, Houghton-Hancock (6 min walk), Portage Lake District Library, Houghton-Hancock (7 min walk), Shelden Avenue Historic District, Houghton-Hancock (8 min walk).