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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

Twitter Alerts
Facebook Alerts
Web Alerts

How It Works

Images 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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​HOW TO:  Add a Lift Bridge Alert Icon to your smart phone home screen (example below).
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Example Alert

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In the news

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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.

Jim Haselmaier

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  • Home
  • Train Alert
    • NoCo Train Alert (Twitter)
    • NoCo Train Alert (Web)
    • Train Alert Dev Team
  • Lift Bridge Alert
    • Lift Bridge Alert (Twitter)
    • Lift Bridge Alert (Web)
    • Mackinac Bridge Cams
  • Suncatcher
  • Blog
  • Contact