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Welcome To Vermont

Vermont Facts. Products of Vermont Maple SyrupTeddy BearsCheeseArts and CraftsIce CreamChocolate

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Welcome To Vermont

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    1. Welcome To Vermont

    2. Vermont Facts Products of Vermont Maple Syrup Teddy Bears Cheese Arts and Crafts Ice Cream Chocolate & Coffee Glassware & Pewter Granite & Marble Forestry Products State Transportation Fund Gasoline tax 26.3% Diesel tax 6.6% Purchase and Use Tax 20.7% Motor Vehicle Fees 30.8% Other (titles, fines, and overweight permits, etc.) 8.0%.

    3. VTrans Items of Note Rapid Bridge Construction SEP 14 – Preventive Maintenance Construction Contracting Utilizing Maintenance Rental Agreements Design/Build Tri-State Performance Measures with ME & NH Interstate Truck Weight Pilot Project –Act of Congress

    4. Before Heading Home Purchase a new truck Register it in Vermont Fill the tank with fuel Load the truck heaping with Vermont-made products Take advantage of the Interstate Truck Weight Pilot Drive Safe through our work zones

    5. VTrans – Working To Get You There

    6. VTrans – Working to get you “here” Photo of the team

    7. Battle of Bennington Day – August 16 Vermont State Holiday In the late summer of 1777, the Continental Army beat a hasty retreat toward Bennington. British and Hessians pursued, but were badly in need of supplies. The Americans, carrying what is believed to be the first American flag into battle, defeated them before they could reach the supply depot at Bennington. The British were forced to proceed to Saratoga without the supplies, where they met a stunning defeat that turned the tide of the Revolutionary War.

    8. 1969 – Burlington Airport Designated “International”

    9. 1962 – I-89 Burlington to Winooski Opens

    10. 1906 – Ticonderoga Constructed

    11. 1865 – City of Burlington Incorporated

    12. 1849 – Central Vermont Railroad Completed Service to Burlington

    13. 1823 – Champlain Canal Opens Connecting Lake to Hudson River

    14. 1791 – Vermont the 14th State

    15. 1609 – Samuel de Champlain Explores the Lake

    16. Many Years Ago

    17. Many More Years Ago

    20. Have a Grand and Glorious Week

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