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Lights Over Water: Montpelier’s Historic Bridges to Shine in …
5 days ago · By Vivian Ladd Tomasi for Montpelier Alive For the first time, on Nov. 16, seven key bridges will be illuminated in Montpelier’s historic downtown. The capital city has almost two dozen highway, railroad, vehicular, and pedestrian bridges crossing the four rivers that flow through it. Later this month, Montpelier Alive will transform these utilitarian structures […]
New Bike Path Bridge Completed - The Montpelier Bridge
Nov 19, 2021 · A ribbon-cutting ceremony officially opening the bridge and the first section of new trail to public use is planned for May 2022. This bridge is the keystone piece connecting the Montpelier Bike Path across East Montpelier up to where the existing rail trail begins at Route 14 — and ultimately to connect the Barre-Montpelier area into a ...
30th Anniversary - The Montpelier Bridge
Friday, November 17, 2023 JOIN US TO CELEBRATE The Bridge’s 30th Anniversary Preserving Democracy Through Local Journalism: A Call To Action 5–8 p.m. | doors open at 4:30 p.m. Moderator Kevin Ellis with Rumble Strip podcaster and VPR reporter Erica Heilman and VTDigger CEO Sky Barsch ALUMNX HALL, VERMONT COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS, MONTPELIER 5–8 […]
Big Bridge Installation Underway - The Montpelier Bridge
Jul 20, 2021 · The 205-foot-long, 12-foot-wide span will cross the Winooski River at the location of a former railroad bridge in East Montpelier. Pilings for new bridge abutments were driven in November and passed a technical inspection by the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) on December 4, 2020. Western expects the contractor, CSS Construction of ...
Access Café Opens Downtown - The Montpelier Bridge
5 days ago · Photo courtesy of Access Café. By Sonya Mancauskas A new co-operatively owned cafe has opened in downtown Montpelier. Access Café opened on Nov. 2 at 64 Main Street, in the space formerly occupied by Rabble-Rouser. The opening was called “A Love Letter to the River,” according to the owners of the cafe. Drinks were priced at $0 on opening ...
Nature Watch, Nov. 6, 2024 - The Montpelier Bridge
5 days ago · Nature Watch, Nov. 6, 2024. By. Nona Estrin. -. November 9, 2024. This year, delayed frosts unleashed a peak of late color — a golden explosion of maple, tamarack, beech, and poplar — after a muted beginning. In the Champlain Valley and southern Vermont, oaks, with leaves from russet to the reds of white oak, will continue to evoke sighs of ...
Then and Now, Oct. 9, 2024 - The Montpelier Bridge
Oct 12, 2024 · After the railroad came to Montpelier in 1849 (see The Bridge, September 4–16, 2024), it eventually expanded easterly with two different lines, one to rail lines along the Connecticut River and the other to Barre and its granite quarries.To make this expansion possible, in 1872 abutments on either side of the North Branch near its confluence with the Winooski were constructed to accommodate ...
Two Bridges in the Heart of Montpelier
Jan 24, 2024 · The Rialto Bridge, built in 1916, is the older of the two structures. It is located at one of the earliest river crossings in Montpelier. Sarah Watrous’s 1821 woodcut illustration of the village of Montpelier shows two bridges: a long bridge crossing the Winooski River at Main Street and another bridge a short distance up the North Branch ...
The Flood, Part II: Preparations Helped; Montpelier Largely Spared
Jul 11, 2024 · Alerts of road closures throughout central Vermont continued to come in by 9:15 a.m., Thursday, July 11, after a night of flooding in the area. Montpelier’s downtown was spared, but part of north Elm Street was closed this morning due to flood waters (and has since reopened). Barre City, Moretown, Marshfield, Plainfield, Middlesex, and many […]