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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. [2] It is the only fixed-link crossing of Lake Champlain/Champlain canal between US 4 in Whitehall, 42 miles (68 km) to the south and US 2 at Rouses Point, 85 miles (137 km) to the north.
As soon as the new bridge was opened to traffic, the old bridge was closed and demolition work began immediately. The cable-stayed Samuel de Champlain bridge (background) illuminated at night, with the old truss cantilever bridge (foreground) being dismantled, May 2022.
The Champlain Bridge (also known as the Crown Point Bridge) was a 2,184-foot-long (666 m) vehicular bridge in the United States that traversed Lake Champlain between Crown Point, New York and Chimney Point, Vermont. It was opened to traffic in 1929 as a toll bridge; the tolls were removed in 1987.
Mar. 10—PLATTSBURGH — Several closures of the Plattsburgh-Grand Isle Vt. ferry over the winter have led to many frustrated residents calling for a bridge to be built in its place. Many of ...
U.S. Route 2 bridge replacement. Lane closures on Route 2: A bridge replacement project on U.S. Route 2 will result in one lane of alternating traffic and the closure of the right shoulders ...
The Samuel-De Champlain Bridge, colloquially known as the Champlain Bridge, is a cable-stayed bridge design by architect Poul Ove Jensen and built to replace the original Champlain Bridge over the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, between Nuns' Island in the borough of Verdun in Montreal and the suburban city of Brossard on the South Shore.
Only one lane will be allowed to pass through the project.
For 80 years, the bridge was a crucial link in the life and economy of the Champlain Valley, promoting tourism and tying the two sides of the lake together commercially and socially. [21] The bridge closed with almost no warning on October 16, 2009, after New York inspectors discovered serious deterioration of the piers. The bridge was ...