Reduced overhead clearance: Champlain Canal Lock C3 Mechanicville to Lock C4 Stillwater

07/19/2021 08:18 AM

Notice to Mariners

Champlain Canal - Mechanicville

July 19, 2021

Mariners are advised that high water levels along Hudson River sections of the Champlain Canal have reduced the vertical clearance of Railroad Bridge C-5 over the Champlain Canal between Locks C-3 in Mechanicville and C-4 in Stillwater to 16.50’, which is below the governing 17’ for this section of canal. 

Updates will follow.

This bridge can be found at

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Features on the Champlain Canal are listed by mileage at /Navigation-Information

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