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Island Line Trail - Lake Champlain Bridge

Chittenden County, Vermont

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Island Line Trail - Lake Champlain Bridge

Looking north-west at the bridge

Photo taken by Michael Quiet in May 2014

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BH Photo #284473

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Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Lake Champlain on Island Line Trail
Location
Chittenden County, Vermont
Status
Open to pedestrians only
Future prospects
Re-purposed for rail-to-trail use
History
Built 1901 for the Rutland Railroad; abandoned 1963
Railroad
- Rutland Railroad (RUT)
Design
Pony plate girder
Also called
Rutland Railroad - Bridge No. 269
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.56509, -73.31110   (decimal degrees)
44°33'54" N, 73°18'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/634114/4936027 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Colchester Point
Inventory number
BH 61025 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1901 (548)
Built during 1900s (7,360)
Chittenden County, Vermont (44)
Girder (10,428)
Island Line Trail (2)
Open to pedestrians (4,289)
Owned by state (16,132)
 Plate girder (8,089)
Preserved (1,204)
Rail-to-trail (1,585)
Railroad (15,756)
Rutland Railroad (48)
Through girder (3,888)
Vermont (630)

Update Log 

  • May 31, 2014: Updated by Michael Quiet: Added dates
  • May 21, 2014: Updated by Michael Quiet: Fixed typos
  • May 21, 2014: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Michael Quiet - mquiet [at] gmail [dot] com

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