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The trip planning tool
that notifies you when the
Portage Lake Lift Bridge
is raised or lowered
between Houghton and Hancock, Michigan
that notifies you when the
Portage Lake Lift Bridge
is raised or lowered
between Houghton and Hancock, Michigan
How It WorksImages pulled from the Portage Lake Lift Bridge Webcam in Houghton, Michigan are analyzed to detect bridge movements. Alerts are viewable via Twitter or a web page.
HOW TO: Set Twitter Alerts 
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Example Alert
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In the news
Why We Care
We're a Colorado couple, Jim and Kathy Haselmaier. After retiring, Jim created a service in our town (Fort Collins, Colorado) called Train Alert, and Kathy, who graduated from Michigan Tech, helped design the user interfaces and manage the social media accounts.
So when our friend Cynthia Protas Hodges started posting on Facebook when the Portage Lake Lift Bridge went up and traffic was stopped, we wondered if we could leverage what we'd learned creating Train Alert to offer a Lift Bridge Alert service. The answer was yes. |