The new Lake Champlain Bridge, connecting Crown Point, N.Y., and Chimney Point, Vt., replaces the 80-year-old bridge that was found to be deficient. Owned by both New York and Vermont, the New York Department of Transportation engaged HNTB to design the new $70 million iconic structure. Determined to reconnect the two communities served by the closure of the bridge, HNTB designed the replacement in just 10 weeks. The modified network tied arch bridge, created for maximum constructability, features a center arch span that was built off-site at the same time the approaches were being constructed. The center arch span was floated in, lifted 75 feet and attached on August 26th, 2011-- two years to the day after preliminary engineering began.