The Lake Champlain Bridge is a vehicular bridge traversing
Lake Champlain
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New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
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Chimney Point
Chimney Point is a peninsula in the town of Addison, Vermont, which juts into Lake Champlain forming a narrows. It is one of the earliest settled and most strategic sites in the Champlain Valley.
For thousands of years, the locale was occupied by ...
,
Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...
. It replaced an older bridge that was demolished in 2009. The bridge was designed and constructed during an aggressive two-year schedule to minimize the social and economic impact of the original bridge's demolition.Zoli, Theodore, P.E. "A Bridge by the People, for the People", ''Civil Engineering Magazine'', June 2012. The American Society of Civil Engineers. It is the only fixed-link crossing of Lake Champlain/Champlain canal between
US 4
U.S. Route 4 (US 4) is a long United States highway that runs from East Greenbush, New York, in the west to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the east, traversing Vermont.
In New York, US 4 is signed North-South to reflect its alignment in the sta ...
in
Whitehall
Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London. The road forms the first part of the A roads in Zone 3 of the Great Britain numbering scheme, A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea, London, Chelsea. It is the main ...
Rouses Point
Rouses Point is a village (New York), village in Clinton County, New York, Clinton County, New York (state), New York, United States, along the 45th parallel north, 45th parallel. The population was 2,209 at the 2010 census. The village is named ...
, to the north.
The main arch span was prefabricated off-site in Port Henry, floated by barge to the already constructed approach spans, and then lifted into place on August 26, 2011. The completed bridge was originally scheduled to open on October 9, 2011, but was delayed due to construction delays from underwater debris and record flooding.
The bridge opened to the public on Monday, November 7, 2011, following a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Description
After state inspectors determined that the previous Champlain Bridge was beyond repair in 2009, the states of New York and Vermont agreed to replace it. The new bridge employs modified network tied arch design Flatiron Constructors of Broomfield, Colorado, the U.S. subsidiary of the German firm,
Hochtief AG
Hochtief AG is a German construction company based in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Gallery
Image:Vermont State Route 17, Lake Champlain Bridge 3.jpg, View from the bridge deck during the ''"Grand Celebration"'' for the re-opening of the Lake Champlain Bridge on May 19, 2012.
Image:ChamplainBridge CrownPt NY 20170721.jpg, View of Lake Champlain Bridge from Crown Point.
Image:ChamplainBridgeVT NY 20150927.jpg, Aerial view of Lake Champlain Bridge connecting
Addison, Vermont
Addison is a town in Addison County, Vermont, Addison County, Vermont, United States. It was founded October 14, 1761. The population was 1,365 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census.
History
Addison was chartered on October 14, 1761. Ben ...
''(right)'' & Crown Point, New York ''(left)''.
Image:Lake Champlain Bridge - Chimney Point, VT (14936462523).jpg, View from below the Lake Champlain Bridge on the Vermont side on
Chimney Point
Chimney Point is a peninsula in the town of Addison, Vermont, which juts into Lake Champlain forming a narrows. It is one of the earliest settled and most strategic sites in the Champlain Valley.
For thousands of years, the locale was occupied by ...
.
Image:Lakechamplainbridge.jpeg, The completed bridge, as seen from the
Crown Point Light
The Crown Point Light on Lake Champlain is a former lighthouse at Crown Point, New York, that now exists as a memorial to the exploration of the lake by Samuel de Champlain.
History
Requests for a light to mark the point date as far back as 1 ...
New York State Department of Transportation
The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is the department of the New York state government responsible for the development and operation of highways, railroads, mass transit systems, ports, waterways and aviation facilities in ...