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Sunday, December 27, 2009

Passing: Lake Champlain Bridge (VPR-NY Times)

The Lake Champlain Bridge, between Chimney Point, Vt., and Crown Point, N.Y., was closed Oct. 16 for being unsafe. Demolition is Monday.

From the New York Times:

By KATIE ZEZIMA
Published: December 23, 2009


Losing the bridge has, in many ways, been like losing a treasured member of the community, and residents are dealing with stages of grief: shock and disbelief have morphed into misery, anger and bleakness as winter has set in.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/24/us/24bridge.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=lake%20champlain%20bridge&st=cse

FROM VERMONT PUBLIC RADIO:

VPR Feature recalling when the bridge opened:
http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85233/

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