Originally Posted by
indyfabz
Hard to tell from the photo on Wiki, but the swing span was likely removed after the railroad line abandoned. Then when the trail was created they raised the approaches and added the modern fixed span.
Outside of Burlington, VT the Island Line Trail uses a seasonal boat to span the gap created when a swing bridge was removed. Wanted to ride that section in 2018 during a tour home from northern Vermont but the trail had been damaged by a freak spring storm and was partially closed.
I'm sure it's like the lake Champlain one (swing bridge removal I mean)
I don't recall the 2018 closure, but remember the hurricane whatchamacallit that hammered Vermont, 2010, 2011, 12? And it wrecked chunks of the rail part on the water. Took a few years to reopen.