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Where Lake Champlain meets the Adirondack Mountains

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Champlain Bridge -- New York to Vermont is demolished.

Champlain Bridge, NY to VT is gone!
New ferry -- Crown Point to Chimney Point, at site of old bridge.
Free passage until bridge rebuilt
Leaves Vt, on the hour and half hour every day. Link to Schedule
Leaves NY at 15 and 45 after each hour
Essex to Charlotte Ferry is open for season. Usual tariff.

Lake Champlain bride remnants from demolition
Detonated 28 Dec 2009, leaving piers and rubble.
Remaining piers demolished April 9, 2010
Navigation channel is now open
See info at NYS Dept Transp (DOT) Site www.lcbclosure.org

New Champlain Bridge Design proposal
New bridge design selected, 14 Jan. '10
Will have pedestrian and bike paths, 75 foot clearance.
Plan is to be ready for summer 2011

Drafts of engineering reports from HNTB company on bridge condition,
History and construction errors when built; detailed, but fascinating info not widely discussed

Executive Summary pdf 252 kb Safety assessment pdf 5 mb Appendices to safety report pdf 6.1 mb
See
Video of Bridge Opening in 1929 with then NY Governor FDR

Westport Marina, Inc.
20 Washington Street
PO Box 410, Westport NY 12993-0410
518-962-4356 Fax 518-962-4725
E-mail: TheCrew@WestportMarina.com

Page up-dated 14 April 2010 Webmaster: Bob Carroll