CNR Bonnet Carré Spillway-Baton Rouge Bridge

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
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

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

• List of bridges in the United States

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

External links

• Canadian National Railway website