Cannon fire and a march by thousands of people marked the grand re-opening of the new $76 million bridge across Lake Champlain.

Public displays telling the story of the former Lake Champlain Bridge have been installed at each end of the new span that connects New York and Vermont.

Commuters have an easier trip to work and home again now that the new Lake Champlain Bridge has opened. The half-mile-long bridge connects Crown Point and Addison.

Some commuters who travel between Vermont and New York will be in the unusual situation today of taking a ferry to work, but returning home on a bridge. The new Lake Champlain Bridge between West Addison and Crown Point will open Monday with a ribbon cutting ceremony. People on both sides of the lake have been waiting for this day.

The Lake Champlain Bridge connecting West Addison, Vt., and Crown Point, N.Y., will replace a span that was destroyed in late 2009 after being found unsafe.

Hundreds of people gathered on Lake Champlain to watch the arrival of the final piece of steel of a new bridge that will soon re-connect Vermont and New York. Two years ago, the original bridge was suddenly closed because inspectors declared it unsafe.

There's a big engineering project under way on southern Lake Champlain. The huge arch that will be at the center of the new Lake Champlain Bridge between West Addison and Crown Point is being installed today.

A plan to install the arch of the new Lake Champlain Bridge has been postponed until Friday.

Tentative plans have been announced for the center arch of the new Lake Champlain Bridge to begin its four-hour float to the bridge site next week. 

The organizers of a party to celebrate the re-opening of the Lake Champlain Bridge have postponed the festivities until May 2012.

The new Lake Champlain Bridge's signature archway is now assembled and appears ready to be moved to the site of the new bridge. But there's still more work to be done before that next stage of the project.

Work has resumed on the archway of the new Lake Champlain Bridge connecting Crown Point, New York and West Addison, Vermont.

An effort by some residents in New York to rename the Champlain Bridge in honor of two fallen police officers is stirring controversy. Comments: Should the bridge be renamed? Earlier: Delays Increase Reconstruction Costs  

The record high levels of Lake Champlain have slowed construction of a new bridge connecting West Addison, Vermont and Crown Point, New York. The construction company was set to assemble the archway of the Lake Champlain bridge at a marina in Port Henry, New York.

As construction continues on the new Lake Champlain Bridge connecting West Addison, Vermont, and Crown Point, New York, planning is also under way for the opening celebration and commemoration of the 1929 bridge that was demolished.

New York State Transportation officials say a new bridge across Lake Champlain connecting Crown Point, New York and West Addison, Vermont will cost several million dollars more than expected.

The Charlotte, Vermont and Essex, New York ferry will begin running again on Thursday.Lake Champlain Transportation says the first boat will leave Vermont at 6:00 in the morning. The ferry crossing was shut down earlier this year because of ice on Lake Champlain.

Another meeting will be held next week to update the public on the construction of a new bridge across Lake Champlain.

The construction company building a new bridge across Lake Champlain has secured a location to assemble the structure's center arch.

The construction schedule for a new bridge across Lake Champlain has been adjusted by 65 days to reflect delays encountered late last year. But New York transportation officials say the goal is still to have the bridge open by early October.