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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 / 30.0140; -90.4364
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CNR Bonnet Carré Spillway-Baton Rouge Bridge
Coordinates30°00′50″N 90°26′11″W / 30.0140°N 90.4364°W / 30.0140; -90.4364
CarriesCanadian National rail line
CrossesBonnet Carré Spillway
LocaleSt. Charles Parish
OwnerCanadian National Railway
Maintained byCanadian National Railway
Characteristics
Total length6,864 ft (2,092 m)
History
Opened1936
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

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
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