Vermont’s Crown Point bridge earmarked for demolition before ice forms.
The historic, graceful arches of the Crown Point Bridge could disappear from the landscape before ice forms on Lake Champlain. Engineers are concerned that the bridge in such bad shape that it could topple into the water if there’s harsh weather.
For 80 years, the bridge has spanned the Lake Champlain narrows between New York’s Crown Point and Vermont’s Chimney Point. But the concrete piers that support the half-mile of steel trusses have weakened so much that Vermont and New York ordered the bridge closed – and demolished.
John Zicconi of the Vermont Transportation Agency says the bridge really needs to come down soon.
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