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Crown Point Bridge

Essex County, New York, and Addison County, Vermont
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Lake Champlain Bridge, Crown Point, NY Demolition

The 80 year old Champlain Bridge in Crown Point, NY was demolished by Idaho based Advanced Explosives Demolition. Opened to the public on Aug. 26, 1929 the bridge served as a major connection between New York and Vermont. Plans are already underway for the replacement bridge to be opened in the summer of 2011.

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Overview
Lost through and deck truss bridge over Lake Champlain on NY 185/VT 17
Location
Essex County, New York, and Addison County, Vermont
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1929; rehabilitated 1991; closed to traffic Oct. 16, 2009, demolished Dec. 28, 2009
Builders
- American Bridge Co. of New York (Superstructure)
- Fay, Spofford and Thorndike (Consulting engineers)
Design
Main span: Warren through truss
Approaches: Warren deck trusses
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 433.7 ft.
Total length: 2,191.1 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
Also called
Champlain Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.03256, -73.42350   (decimal degrees)
44°01'57" N, 73°25'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/626326/4876697 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Port Henry
Inventory numbers
NY 5521180 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26043 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2007)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 29.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
3,148

Categories 

Addison County, Vermont (14)
American Bridge Co. (449)
Arched Cantilever Truss (22)
Built 1929 (670)
Built during 1920s (7,031)
Essex County, New York (42)
Fay, Spofford and Thorndike (2)
Former toll (5)
Have street view (9,883)
Lost (10,353)
Lost 2009 (165)
Lost during 2000s (3,090)
 Navigable waterway (1,448)
New York (1,764)
Owned by state (9,805)
Span length 250-500 feet (863)
State line crossing (513)
Structurally deficient (16,677)
Through truss (9,202)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,210)
Truss (23,562)
Vermont (265)
Warren through truss (925)
Warren truss (3,956)

Update Log 

  • September 19, 2010: New photos from Doug Kerr
  • September 1, 2010: New video from Ed Hollowell
  • April 13, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
  • December 28, 2009: Updated by James Norwood: Added Demolition info
  • November 10, 2009: Bridge is to be demolished and replaced

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Crown Point Bridge
Posted December 30, 2009, by SKC Observer (skc [dot] observer [at] gmail [dot] com)

Although I have been in Kansas City MO for 20 years, I still keep an eye on Vermont. It is too bad this bridge could not be saved. Visually it reminded me of the Chouteau Bridge here in KC that spanned the Missouri River which was demolished in 2001. Hopefully, the replacement bridge will fit in with this area's scenic beauty.

Crown Point Bridge
Posted December 29, 2009, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

I find it hard to believe a modern bridge would be anywhere near as scenic as the historic bridge, given the intricate geometric art created by the detail in a historic truss bridge. While the overall shape of the new bridge may seem appealing at first, it will look very plain up close.

Also, the modern bridge will not blend in with the historic sites surrounding it as well as the historic bridge did.

This is a loss, not a gain for the area. I am greatly saddened that as of this posting, it appears that none of the pontists out there (myself included) made it to this remote bridge in time.

I usually try to refrain from heavily advertising my own website on this website, but anyone looking for info and photos on this bridge may be interested to see my page, which includes photos (from NYSDOT and various sources), my discussion for the bridge, and the big feature: original plans for the historic bridge, courtesy of NYSDOT:

http://www.historicbridges.org/newyork/lakechamplain/index.php

Crown Point Bridge
Posted December 28, 2009, by Todd (mrwalk08 [at] aol [dot] com)

With this bridge dynamited, I hope the new structure, a network tied arch design, looks as scenic. I pray it is well taken care of. The new bridge proposed, as I seen in recent online pictures, to me looks as scenic, if not better. I am pleased that Lake Champlain area people did NOT choose the UCEB designs.

Crown Point Bridge
Posted November 10, 2009, by klh (klhink [at] aol [dot] com)

This bridge cannot be repaired, will have to be demolished.

http://www.pressrepublican.com/homepage/local_story_313231623.html