CNR Bonnet Carré Spillway-Baton Rouge Bridge
Appearance
CNR Bonnet Carré Spillway-Baton Rouge Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 30°00′50″N 90°26′11″W / 30.0140°N 90.4364°W |
Carries | Canadian National rail line |
Crosses | Bonnet Carré Spillway |
Locale | St. Charles Parish |
Owner | Canadian National Railway |
Maintained by | Canadian National Railway |
Characteristics | |
Total length | 6,864 ft (2,092 m) |
History | |
Opened | 1936 |
Location | |
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The CNR Bonnet Carré Spillway-Baton Rouge Bridge is a 1.3 mile (2,092 m or 6,864 ft) wooden trestle bridge that carries a Canadian National Railway rail line over the Bonnet Carré Spillway in St. Charles Parish.[1][2] Its length once had it included on the list for longest bridges in the world.
The bridge is owned and maintained by the Canadian National Railway corporation and is used by Canadian National Railway freight trains. It is currently being reconstructed as a concrete bridge[3] to allow Amtrak to run a train between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Bonnet Carré Spillway Master Plan" (PDF). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 31, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
- ^ United States Army, Corps of Engineers (1950). Bonnet Carré Spillway [Louisiana]. United States Government. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
- ^ https://www.hdrinc.com/portfolio/bonnet-carre-spillway-rail-bridge-reconstruction-environmental-services
External links
[edit]Categories:
- Railroad bridges in Louisiana
- Canadian National Railway bridges in the United States
- Transportation buildings and structures in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
- Bridges completed in 1936
- 1936 establishments in Louisiana
- Bonnet Carré Spillway
- Southern United States bridge (structure) stubs
- Louisiana building and structure stubs
- Louisiana transportation stubs
- United States railway bridge stubs