CNR Bonnet Carré Spillway-McComb Bridge
Coordinates30°03′47″N 90°23′09″W / 30.0630°N 90.3857°W / 30.0630; -90.3857
CarriesCanadian National Railway
CrossesBonnet Carré Spillway and Lake Pontchartrain
LocaleSt. Charles Parish and St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
OwnerCanadian National Railway
Maintained byCanadian National Railway
Characteristics
Total length12,144 ft (3,701 m)
History
Opened1935
Location

The CNR Bonnet Carré Spillway-McComb Bridge is a 2.3-mile-long (3.7 km) bridge that carries Canadian National Railway tracks over the Bonnet Carré Spillway and a portion of Lake Pontchartrain in St. Charles Parish and St. John the Baptist Parish.[1] Its length makes it one of the longest bridges in the world.

The bridge is owned and maintained by the Canadian National Railway and is used by Amtrak passenger trains and Canadian National Railway freight trains.[2]

In 2011, most likely due to debris hitting the bridge after the opening of the Bonnet Carré Spillway, 26 feet (7.9 m) of the bridge was damaged and a bridge pier was dislodged.[3]

On February 13, 2016, a fire destroyed over 800 feet (240 m) of the trestle near its southeast end. The damaged segment was quickly rebuilt and reopened to rail traffic on February 20.

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. ↑ "More trains crossing parish". The Livingston Parish News. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
  3. ↑ "Company says Bonnet Carré rail bridge may be back in service by Thursday". WWL TV. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-03-30.


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