The Island Line Causeway
Address:
Airport Road
Colcheseter, VT 05439, US
Category: Marble
One of the world's most amazing stretches of rail bed is this marble causeway which was constructed to provide direst access to the Great Lakes for Rutland's marble industry. The construction of the Island Line across the lake - including 41 miles of track, six miles of marble causeways and trestles, and four drawbridges was completed in just over one year's time. The Colchester causeway is an extension of the Burlington Bike Path which traverses Lake Champlain connecting to the Island town of South Hero.
