Construction, maintenance, and administrative records of the Lake Champlain (or Crown Point) Bridge and the Rouses Point Bridge, 1920-1987 (bulk 1927-1938, 1955-1987).

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Construction, maintenance, and administrative records of the Lake Champlain (or Crown Point) Bridge and the Rouses Point Bridge, 1920-1987 (bulk 1927-1938, 1955-1987).

The series consists of 16 mm negative black and white diazo microfilm of records of the Lake Champlain Bridge Commission. Included is information on the formation of the original joint commission and the subsequent bridge commission; work on planning, building, operating, and maintaining both the Lake Champlain (or Crown Point) Bridge from Crown Point, New York to Chimney Point, Vermont, and the Rouses Point Bridge (and its replacement); and related work of the commission through to its dissolution.

18 microfilm reels.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8239607

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Lake Champlain Bridge Commission

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In 1923, the Vermont General Assembly appointed a commission to study the feasibility of bridges across Lake Champlain, concluding that New York State should be involved in bridge planning. In 1925, the commission was reorganized and New York State appointed a commission to work with Vermont. The Joint Bridge Commission of New York and Vermont recommended the creation of a Bridge Commission by compact between the states and immediate construction of a bridge between Crown Point, New...