Marquette, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – A major scheduled closure is this weekend on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge between Houghton and Hancock.
The bridge will close for maintenance at 9:00 o’clock tomorrow night, and will re-open at 8:30 Sunday morning.
Unlike the shorter bridge closings of late, snowmobiles will not be able to cross during this overnight closure.
However, emergency vehicles are allowed to cross the bridge.