Movable Bridges of the Champlain Islands

1911 Map of Movable Bridges: Image courtesy of Robert McCullough, Crossings: A History of Vermont Bridges, 2005

a) A swing-span railroad bridge between Colchester Point and South Hero

b) A swing-span railroad bridge near the Gut betweenGrand Isle and North Hero

c) A swing-span railroad bridge across Alburg Passage between North Hero and Alburg

d) An 1860s swing-span railroad bridge and a 1937 swing-span highway bridge between Alburg and Rouses Point, New York

e) A movable railroad bridge and a later bascule bridge at the entrance to the Missisquoi Bay between Swanton and Alburg

f) An 1882 swing-span highway bridge between Isle La Motte and Alburg

g) An 1886 swing-span highway bridge across Alburg Passage between North Hero and Alburg

h) An 1892 swing-span highway bridge and a later bascule bridge across the Gut between Grand Isle and North Hero (the bascule bridge is the only surviving bridge)