HANCOCK AND HOUGHTON, Mich. (WLUC) - The snowmobile crossing beneath the Portage Lake Lift Bridge is now open for the season. Eager riders waited on both sides of the canal throughout Friday as ...

HOUGHTON, Mich. - Crews from the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be performing routine bridge inspections ...

The Portage Lake Lift Bridge - which connects the Upper Peninsula towns of Houghton and Hancock - is now serving as a double-decker bridge for the winter, allowing snowmobiles to ride across on ...

Despite possible snow accumulation this week, the Portage Lake Lift Bridge is now closed to sleds for the remainder of the snowmobiling season, state officials announced. This is a sure sign of ...