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.
CNR Bonnet Carré Spillway-Baton Rouge Bridge | |
|---|---|
| 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 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
editReferences
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
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