In earlier studies of protein junctions with evaporated top electrodes, electrical shorting was avoided by adding a dense small molecule layer between protein layer and top electrode. However, this approach complicates addressing the intrinsic protein transport properties due to the intervening molecular layer. Recently, we successfully evaporated a carbon-based top contact onto a protein layer on a gold substrate. While this approach provides a direct protein junction, the relatively high resistance of the carbon contact limits electron transport (ETp) measurements, particularly for thicker protein junctions. Li and Selzer developed nanopore devices with bismuth (Bi) evaporated as top electrode, successfully forming junctions with the small protein Azurin. The small pore dimension dictates a small protein cross-section area, which is a challenge for in situ characterization of layer quality and limits transport studies as function of protein film thickness (because of increasing film resistance). Inspired by the work of Li et al., we report the fabrication of micropore devices (MpD) for stable, non-shorted, and specific area-controlled metal/protein/metal junctions with minimal contact resistance, and their characterization. Thes MpDs allow studies also with thicker junctions, which is important in view of the remarkably small or even negligible temperature dependence of protein ETp, even for 6-9 nm thick films. We demonstrate the potential of the MpDs using human serum albumin (HSA) and bacteriorhodopsin (bR) as model proteins. Junction reliability is evaluated by analyzing their high-frequency impedance phase characteristics.