The CNR Bonnet Carré Spillway-McComb Bridge is a 1.3 mile (2,092 m or 6,864 ft)
bridge
A bridge is a structure built to Span (engineering), span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or railway) without blocking the path underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, whi ...
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. 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
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passenger trains and Canadian National Railway freight trains.
In 2011, most likely due to debris hitting the bridge after the opening of the Bonnet Carré Spillway, of the bridge was damaged and a bridge pier was dislodged.
On February 13, 2016, a fire destroyed over of the trestle near its southeast end. The damaged segment was quickly rebuilt and reopened to rail traffic on February 20.
See also
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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Louisiana
*
List of bridges in the United States
References
External links
Canadian National Railway website*
Railroad bridges in Louisiana
Canadian National Railway bridges in the United States
Historic American Engineering Record in Louisiana
Transportation buildings and structures in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
Bridges completed in 1936
Trestle bridges in the United States
1936 establishments in Louisiana
Bonnet Carré Spillway
Transportation buildings and structures in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
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