U.S. 2 Bridge (former) – Alburg VT to Rouses Point NY

City:
Alburg, Rouses Point, NY, VT

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Started:
1936

Completed:
1937

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Site Survival:
No Longer Extant

Description

The former toll bridge connecting Alburg, Vermont and Rouses Point, New York, which carried U.S. 2 across Lake Champlain, was constructed between 1936 and 1937 with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. The bridge was replaced with a no-toll bridge 50 years later. The PWA provided a $343,131 grant toward the $768,555 total cost of the project.

[PWA Docket No. VT [W]1011.]

Source notes

National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 42.

https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/21/nyregion/new-york-and-vermont-get-new-toll-free-bridge.html

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on October 31, 2014.
Additional contributions by Brent McKee, February 13, 2018.

Location Info


U.S. 2

Coordinates: 44.998304, -73.345393

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