This was the view today of the Lake Champlain bridge, connecting New York and Vermont (and here's a short video). It was closed the Friday I left on my trip to Maine, and I ended up taking a ferry down between Shoreham, VT and Ticonderoga, NY when I was heading back home. From what I read today, the cement piers had no rebar, and the repeated freeze/thaw cycles of the lake had rendered them unsafe, with catastrophic collapse a possibility (they closed it to even pedestrian traffic). It would have been a cool bridge to see, 80 years old and with some rather interesting architecture, but as a tradeoff, I did get to ride alongside Lake George, so I am definitely not complaining!
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