Plattsburgh NY Press Republican: Historic Lake Champlain bridge unstable, to be demolished and replaced
Nov. 10, 2009 | 2:12 pm
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The ultimate bad news for users of the shuttered Champlain Bridge came Monday, when the historic span was declared unrepairable, according to the Plattsburgh, N.Y., Press Republican.
At a hastily called press conference on the Vermont side of the bridge, New York State Department of Transportation Acting Commissioner Stanley Gee said that incline cracks in the concrete bridge pillars are so severe the span is in jeopardy of collapsing into Lake Champlain.
Gee said the Crown Point bridge will be demolished and a new span built on its footprint, but he had no timetable yet for those actions.
Go to the Press Republican to read the entire article.
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