CNR Bonnet Carré Spillway-Baton Rouge Bridge

Bridge in St. Charles Parish
30°00′50″N 90°26′11″W / 30.0140°N 90.4364°W / 30.0140; -90.4364CarriesCanadian National rail lineCrossesBonnet Carré SpillwayLocaleSt. Charles ParishOwnerCanadian National RailwayMaintained byCanadian National RailwayCharacteristicsTotal length6,864 ft (2,092 m)HistoryOpened1936LocationMap

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

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ United States Army, Corps of Engineers (1950). Bonnet Carré Spillway [Louisiana]. United States Government. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  3. ^ https://www.hdrinc.com/portfolio/bonnet-carre-spillway-rail-bridge-reconstruction-environmental-services
  • Canadian National Railway website
Crossings of the Bonnet Carré Spillway
South
St. Charles Parish Road 12
SC-12
CNR Bonnet Carré Spillway-Baton Rouge Bridge
Canadian National
North
Kansas City Southern Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
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