Crosses Lake Champlain Opened 7 November 2011 Phone +1 518-457-3522 Body of water Lake Champlain | Maintained by NYSDOT and VTrans Total length 671 m Design Network arch bridge | |
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Carries Two lanes of NY 185 and VT 17 Locale Crown Point, New York and Chimney Point, Vermont Longest span 480 ft (150 m) (clear span)
402 ft (123 m) (tied arch span) Address Bridge Rd, Crown Point, NY 12928, USA Location Chimney Point, Vermont, Crown Point Similar Champlain Bridge, Lake Champlain, Chimney Point - Vermont, Crown Point State Historic S, Fort Crown Point | ||
The Lake Champlain Bridge is a vehicular bridge traversing Lake Champlain between Crown Point, New York and Chimney Point, Vermont. It replaced the Champlain Bridge. 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. It is the only fixed-link crossing of Lake Champlain/Champlain canal between US 4 in Whitehall, 42 miles to the south and US-2 at Rouses Point, 85 miles 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 a modified network tied arch design. Flatiron Constructors of Longmont, Colorado, the U.S. subsidiary of the German firm, Hochtief AG, won the contract for the new bridge, and groundbreaking took place on June 11, 2010. The bridge construction contract was for $69.6 million. It was completed six weeks ahead of schedule, but at a cost of $78.29 million.