Lake Champlain Bridge Replacement Crown Point, New York, and Chimney Point, Vermont Reconnecting two communities severed by the closure of an 80-year-old structure • Replacement designed in 10 weeks • Heavy-lift scheme facilitates construction • Arch set in place two years after preliminary engineering began When the New York State Department of Transportation, compelled by safety issues, closed the 80-year-old Lake Champlain Bridge, it severed the lifeline between two rural communities. After a state of emergency was declared, NYSDOT and co-owner Vermont Agency of Transportation selected HNTB to design an iconic replacement structure. Working in 3-D and with unprecedented stakeholder collaboration, HNTB produced a “modified” network tied arch design in 10 weeks — typically a year- long pr

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