Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 44.766041,-73.289858
Carries US 00002 over Lake Champlain
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Bascule
Total Length: 261.2 Feet
Span Length: 91.9 Feet
Overview: Bascule bridge over Lake Champlain on US 2 in North Hero
History: Built 1953; rehabilitated 1995, 2008; demolished 2019
Built: 1953
Location: Grand Isle County
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269329
Lake Champlain Bridge
Grand Isle VT
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
283291
Lake Champlain Bridge
Closed and showing the operators house
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
284227
Lake Champlain Bridge
Looking south from the lake
Photo taken by Michael Quiet in May 2014
284228
Lake Champlain Bridge
View of the northern spans counterweight
Photo taken by Michael Quiet in May 2014
468439
Lake Champlain Bascule Bridge
looking north
Photo from Vermont Agency of Transportation
Status: Demolished and replaced.
Location: 44.973333,-73.218333
Carries VT 78 over Missisquoi Bay
Design: other
Design Details: Bascule
Total Length: 558.1 Feet
Span Length: 84.0 Feet
Overview: Bascule bridge over Missisquoi Bay on VT 78 in Alburg
History: Built 1937; rehabilitated 1965
Built: 1937
Location: Grand Isle County
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283966
Missisquoi Bay Bridge
Replaced
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
Status: Removed
Location: 44.750924,-73.315663
Carries Rutland RR over Champlain Lake
Design: truss/through/lattice/quadrangular
Design Details: Quadrangular lattice through swing truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Lattice through truss bridge over Lake Champlain (The Gut) on Rutland Railroad
History: Built 1899 by Edgemoor Bridge Works; Demolished 1965
Built: 1899
Location: Grand Isle County
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283967
RUT - Champlain Lake Bridge
Bow and Arrow Railroad Bridge
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in March 2013
322387
Library of Congress
418702
Removed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in March 2015
Status: Removed
Location: 44.840641,-73.299805
Carries Rutland Railroad over Lake Champlain (Carry Bay)
Design: truss/through/lattice/quadrangular
Design Details: Quadrangular lattice swing through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Lake Champlain (Carry Bay) on Rutland Railroad
History: Built 1899 by Edgemoor Bridge Works; Demolished 1965
Built: 1899
Location: Grand Isle County
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342593
Removed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in November 2015
Status: Abandoned
Location: 44.843280,-73.297525
Carries Rutland Railroad over Lake Champlain (Carry Bay)
Design: girder/pony/plate
Design Details: Pony plate girder
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Abandoned pony/through plate girder bridge over Lake Champlain (Carry Bay) on Rutland Railroad
History:
Built:
Location: Grand Isle County
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Status: Removed
Location: 44.591567,-73.312712
Carries Rutland Railroad over Lake Champlain
Design: truss/through/lattice/quadrangular
Design Details: Quadrangular lattice through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost lattice through truss bridge over Lake Champlain on Rutland Railroad
History: Built 1906 by the American Bridge Co.; Demolished 1965
Built: 1906
Location: Grand Isle County
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286870
RUT - Lake Champlain Swing Bridge #1
looking south towards the old abutment. From the looks of it the northern abutment was where the bridge pivoted from
Photo taken by Michael Quiet in July 2014
342592
Removed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in November 2015
Status: Mostly Removed
Location: 44.992453,-73.348353
Carries Rutland Railroad/Central Vermont Railroad over Lake Champlain
Design: truss/through/howe
Design Details: Howe through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Lake Champlain on Rutland Railroad/Central Vermont Railroad
History: Built 1906 by the American Bridge Co.; Swing span demolished 1965
Built: 1906
Location: Grand Isle County
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283993
RUT/CV - Rouses Point Bridge
Removed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
308187
Photo taken by Russ Nelson
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 44.999026,-73.349063
Carries US Route 2 over Lake Champlain
Design: truss/through/parker
Design Details: Parker through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost through truss swing bridge over Lake Champlain on US Route 2
History: Built during late 1930s; Replaced 1987
Built:
Location: Grand Isle County
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317505
The Rouses Point Bridge across Lake Champlain. Connects New York state with all New England.
Boston Public Library
Status: No longer exists
Location: 44.766560,-73.290534
Carries Route 2 over Camplain Lake
Design: truss/through/double-warren
Design Details: Riveted Double intersection Warren through swing truss with inclined upper chord.
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Double Intersection Warren through truss bridge over Champlain Lake on Route 2
History: Built 1886 by Vermont Construction Co.; Replaced in 1953
Built: 1886
Location: Grand Isle County
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342594
Lake Champlain Bridge (Old)
Replaced
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in November 2015
435744
489424
Photo taken by Todd Summer
493766
Lake Champlain Bridge (Old)
view c1940s
Photo from old postcard
Status: No longer exists
Location: 44.992665,-73.351123
Carries Rutland RR over Lake Champlain
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss swing
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Lake Champlain on Rutland RR
History:
Built:
Location: Grand Isle County
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342269
Removed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in November 2015
403245
Rouses Point Circa 1906
Old Postcard View
403296
The very first rail swing bridge
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in September 2017
434302
circa 1906
Old Postcard View
488301
Rouse Point Rail Bridge
Photo taken by ebay
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 44.885719,-73.274480
Carries US Route 2 over Lake Champlain
Design: truss/through/double-warren
Design Details: 4 span riveted wrought iron Double-intersection Warren through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Double-intersection Warren through truss bridge
History: Built 1886 by Vermont Construction Co; Replaced 1952
Built: 1886
Location: Grand Isle County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 44.998546,-73.348245
Carries US-2 over Lake Champlain
Design: girder/pony/curved
Design Details: Steel curved deck girder bridge with high-rise section
Total Length: 4051.1 Feet
Span Length: 250.0 Feet
Overview: Steel curved girder bridge over Lake Champlain on US-2
History: Built in 1987 to replace original bridge
Built: 1987
Location: Grand Isle County
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407640
Koren War Memorial Bridge
View from New York
Photo taken by Matthew
407641
Koren War Memorial Bridge
View from New York
Photo taken by Matthew
407642
Koren War Memorial Bridge
View from New York, slightly further south on the lake than the previous photos
Photo taken by Matthew
407643
Koren War Memorial Bridge
Ariel view from Vermont
Photo taken by Matthew
470144
Rouses Point Bridge
Elevation
Photo taken by Doug Kerr at Wikimedia Commons in June 2006
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 44.766098,-73.289947
Carries US 2 over Lake Champlain
Design: truss/pony/bailey
Design Details: Bailey pony truss single-leaf bascule
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Temporary bascule bridge over Lake Champlain on US 2
History: Constructed as a temporary bridge and demolished upon completion of new fixed bridge
Built: 1953
Location: Grand Isle County
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456235
Photo taken by Vermont Agency of Transportation
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 44.885387,-73.275037
Carries Grand Isle Causeway (U.S. Route 2) over Alburg Passage
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Haunched deck plate girder
Total Length: 826.2 Feet
Span Length: 120.1 Feet
Overview: Haunched deck plate girder bridge over Alburg Passage on Grand Isle Causeway (U.S. Route 2)
History: Built 1954 to replace previous truss bridge
Built: 1954
Location: Grand Isle County
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479048
North Hero Bridge
Distant elevation
500551
North Hero Alburg Bridge
Photo from old postcard
Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.
