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Portage Lake Lift Bridge repairs to take place next week

HOUGHTON/HANCOCK, MI— The Michigan Department of Transportation will be performing repairs on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge from Monday, October 19, through Wednesday, October 21.

That will require single-lane closures on the bridge. Crews will be repairing non-structural damage caused by high-load hits.

Drivers should expect single-lane closures of northbound M-26/US-41 each day until approximately 3 p.m.

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.