The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) has announced that, as a result of a bridge inspection completed earlier this year, repairs will be made to the Lake Champlain Bridge, also known as the Crown Point Bridge, spanning Lake Champlain between Crown Point, New York and Chimney Point, Vermont.
Work will incorporate the use of a temporary signal system to control one-way, alternating traffic operations anticipated to begin on Friday, July 3. Motorists may encounter significant travel delays.
During the inspection, completed in June 2009, several areas of steel deterioration to the bridge s truss system were discovered. The weight posting on the bridge will also be reduced to 40 tons, the legal maximum load on a New York State bridge without a special permit. Legally-loaded tractor trailers will be permitted to use the bridge; however, overweight vehicles will be prohibited.
Built in 1929, the bridge consists of 14 spans totaling 2,184 feet. It is made up of a combination of a thru-truss, deck-truss and deck plate girders. It accommodates approximately 3,400 vehicles per average day.
A project to either rehabilitate or replace the bridge is being progressed by both NYSDOT and the Vermont Agency of Transportation under an agreement between the states. The current project schedule calls for construction to begin in 2013.
One-way traffic starts tomorrow on bridge from Vermont to New York
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