Carries 2 lanes of VT 65 Construction cost $2.4M Construction started 1936 Body of water Sunset Lake | Crosses Sunset Lake Design life 100 years Opened 1884 Total length 97 m Bridge type Pontoon bridge | |
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Similar Spider Web Farm, Evergreen Point Floating, Mount Mansfield | ||
The Sunset Lake Floating Bridge is a floating bridge that carries Vermont Route 65 across Sunset Lake in Brookfield, Vermont, United States.
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History
The first bridge on this site was erected in 1820. It was built this way because the lake is too deep for traditional pilings.
The seventh bridge was closed to traffic and torn down in 2008 for replacement due to failure of its flotation system, which was based on foam-filled barrels.
The current bridge, the eighth at this location, is supported by fiber-reinforced polymer pontoons.
References
Sunset Lake Floating Bridge Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA