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.[1] 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.[2]
Kansas City Southern Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 30°01′30″N 90°25′37″W / 30.0250°N 90.4269°W |
| Carries | Canadian Pacific Kansas City rail line |
| Crosses | Bonnet Carré Spillway |
| Locale | St. Charles Parish, Louisiana |
| Owner | Canadian Pacific Kansas City |
| Maintained by | Canadian Pacific Kansas City |
| Characteristics | |
| Total length | 9,501 ft (2,896 m) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1936 |
| Location | |
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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).[3] It is proposed to be reconstructed and upgraded as part of Amtrak's proposed New Orleans–Baton Rouge passenger rail.[4]
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 March 30, 2014.
- ^ "Study puts price of New Orleans to Baton Rouge passenger train at $262 million". Railway Track & Structures Magazine. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
- ^ "CONNECTING BATON ROUGE AND NEW ORLEANS BY INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL" (PDF). Southern Rail Commission. September 2015. p. 9. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
- ^ 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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