Champlain Bridge Reconstruction

NYSDOT says Champlain bridge arch will be lifted into place Thursday

August 24th, 2011 by Brian Mann

Here's the statement issued by NYS DOT:

The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) today announced plans to transport and lift into place the center arch span of the new Lake Champlain Bridge this Thursday, August 25. The public will be able to watch the transport and lift, but some marine and vehicle traffic restrictions will be in place.

Note that there will be some restrictions on the lake on Thursday, as the massive 400-foot structure is moved south from Port Henry to Crown Point.

NCPR Story

Photograph courtesy of Seth Lang

The new Lake Champlain Bridge will open Monday with a 2:30 p.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin’s office said today.

The long-awaited bridge linking Addison, Vt., with Crown Point, N.Y., will replace a span that was closed abruptly because of deterioration in October 2009.  

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20111103/NEWS07/111103037/Lake-Champlain-Bridge-open-Monday

The only time I was on that bridge was on a bicycle loop from Ticonderoga, cross on the short ferry, over to Middlebury, and back over the old bridge. Good to see that's possible again.

this bridge is very important to Essex County's economy