UNDATED— Crews from the Michigan Department of Transportation will be inspecting Upper Peninsula bridges next week.
That will require intermittent closures.
The following closures are scheduled for the inspections. The work is weather dependent:
- Monday, June 3: The outside northbound lane of US-41/M-26 will be closed on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge between the cities of Houghton and Hancock from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and from 1 to 3 p.m.
- Tuesday, June 4: The outside southbound lane of US-41/M-26 will be closed on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and from 1 to 3 p.m.
- Wednesday, June 5: Northbound or southbound right-lane closures of the Portage Lake Lift Bridge may be needed from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and from 1 to 3 p.m., contingent on weather or other delays.
- Thursday, June 6:
- The M-38 bridge over the Firesteel River will have lane closures under flag control from 8 to 9:30 a.m.
- The US-45 bridge over the East Branch of the Ontonagon River will have lane closures under flag control from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- The M-28 bridge over the Ontonagon River will have lane closures under flag control from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
- Friday, June 7:
- The US-41 bridge over the Sturgeon River will have lane closures under flag control from 8 to 10 a.m.
- Westbound US-2 will have the right lane closed at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad bridge from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. The left lane of westbound US-2 will be closed from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
