Our founder, Andrew Rossell, P.E., had the honor to represent The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Michigan Section to dedicate the Portage Lake Bridge as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. The ceremony took place on June 17 at Houghton’s Bridgeview Park. The bridge was nominated by Dr. Tess Ahlborn, professor of civil, environmental, and geospatial engineering at MTU, and her former students Michael Prast and Emma Beachy. Notable guests included Hancock Mayor Paul LaBine; Michigan State Transportation Director Paul C. Ajegba; Houghton Clerk Ann Vollrath; MDOT Ishpeming Transportation Service Center Construction Engineer Alan Anderson; and ASCE society president Dennis Truax and Tom D'Arcy, one of the original design engineers of the bridge. Andrew served as President of the Michigan Section in 2022 and continues to serve as Past-President on the Michigan Section and as Director of the ASCE SW Michigan Branch.

MDOT has produced a video news release about the award ceremony, available on its YouTube channel.

An historic MDOT documentary on the lift bridge's original construction has recently been digitized and restored, also available online at MDOT's YouTube channel.