Sunset Lake Floating Bridge

The Sunset Lake Floating Bridge is a floating bridge that carries Vermont Route 65 across Sunset Lake in Brookfield, Vermont, United States.

[1] It was built this way because the lake is too deep for traditional pilings.

According to the Watershed Management Division of Vermont, the lake's depth can reach 120 feet.

[2] The seventh bridge was closed to traffic and torn down in 2008 for replacement due to failure of its flotation system, which was based on foam-filled barrels.

[1] The current bridge, the eighth at this location,[3] is supported by fiber-reinforced polymer pontoons.

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Floating bridge on Sunset Lake in Brookfield, VT