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Kansas City Southern Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge

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Bridge in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
Kansas City Southern Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge
Coordinates30°01′30″N 90°25′37″W / 30.0250°N 90.4269°W / 30.0250; -90.4269
CarriesCanadian Pacific Kansas City rail line
CrossesBonnet Carré Spillway
LocaleSt. Charles Parish, Louisiana
OwnerCanadian Pacific Kansas City
Maintained byCanadian Pacific Kansas City
Characteristics
Total length9,501 ft (2,896 m)
History
Opened1936
Location

The Kansas City Southern Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge is a bridge that carries a Canadian Pacific Kansas City rail line over the Bonnet Carré Spillway in St. Charles Parish. At 1.8 miles (2.9 km) long (or 9,501 feet), its length once had it included on the list for longest bridges in the world.

The bridge is owned and maintained by the Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited and is used by Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) freight trains. By 2015, speed limits on the bridge had been reduced to 10 miles per hour (16 km/h). It is proposed to be reconstructed and upgraded as part of Amtrak's proposed New Orleans–Baton Rouge passenger rail.

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 March 30, 2014.
  2. "Study puts price of New Orleans to Baton Rouge passenger train at $262 million". Railway Track & Structures Magazine. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
  3. "CONNECTING BATON ROUGE AND NEW ORLEANS BY INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL" (PDF). Southern Rail Commission. September 2015. p. 9. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  4. Berlin, Carly (November 29, 2022). "New Orleans to Baton Rouge passenger train moves forward: State seeks federal funds to fix tracks". WWNO. Retrieved December 12, 2022.

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Crossings of the Bonnet Carré Spillway
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CNR Bonnet Carré Spillway-Baton Rouge Bridge
Canadian National		 Kansas City Southern Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge
Canadian Pacific Kansas City		 North
U.S. 61 Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge
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