Watch today's demolition of the Champlain Bridge live online

[cali]

By The Associated Press
December 28, 2009, 8:49AM

Bridge_Closed_Demolition_NY.JPGToby Talbot / The Associated PressThe Champlain Bridge, which connects New York to Vermont, will be demolished today. It was closed because of safety concerns. A report prepared for the New York Department of Transportation said a replacement bridge would cost at least $67 million and take 22 months to build.

Crown Point, NY -- The day of reckoning — and wrecking — has arrived for the Champlain Bridge.

The 80-year-old bridge between Crown Point, N.Y., and Addison, Vt., is to be brought down about 10 a.m. today with controlled explosions. The bridge was closed in October after engineers deemed it unsafe. Its demolition is expected to start a two-year process of building a replacement bridge.

About 3,400 vehicles used the bridge every day, and many of those motorists live in one state and work in the other. The closing has forced some to take 100-mile detours or ride crowded ferries to reach their jobs, while local businesses that rely on bridge traffic have seen revenues plummet.

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/12/watch_todays_demolition_of_the.html

and here's where to watch it:

https://www.nysdot.gov/webcast

[Ian David]

1. Hula music while we wait. Great. They put no thought into the music, did they? n/t

[mn9driver]

2. Page is clobbered. Bummer.

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[cali]

3. you didn't miss much. visibility totally sucked. snowing like mad.

[Ian David]

4. That was cool. Thanks for posting! n/t

[Raine1967]

5. That was cool!

and kinda sad.

I have driven over that bridge and the views were amazing.

[nykym]

6. Very Very

COOL! Thanks