Kansas City Southern Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge
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The Kansas City Southern Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge is a
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 a
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited, Trade name, doing business as CPKC (known as Canadian Pacific Railway Limited until 2023), is a Canadian railway holding company. Through its primary operating railroad subsidiaries, Canadian Pacific Railw ...
rail line over the
Bonnet Carré Spillway The Bonnet Carré Spillway is a Flood#Flood defences, planning, and management, flood control operation in the Lower Mississippi River, Mississippi Valley. Located in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, about west of New Orleans, it allows floodwat ...
in St. Charles Parish. At 1.8 miles (2,896 m or 9,504 ft), 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 Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited, Trade name, doing business as CPKC (known as Canadian Pacific Railway Limited until 2023), is a Canadian railway holding company. Through its primary operating railroad subsidiaries, Canadian Pacific Railw ...
(CPKC) freight trains. By 2015,
speed limits Speed limits on road traffic, as used in most countries, set the legal maximum speed at which vehicles may travel on a given stretch of road. Speed limits are generally indicated on a traffic sign reflecting the maximum permitted speed, express ...
on the bridge had been reduced to . It is proposed to be reconstructed and upgraded as part of
Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Trade name, doing business as Amtrak (; ), is the national Passenger train, passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates intercity rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous United Stat ...
's proposed
New Orleans–Baton Rouge passenger rail New Orleans–Baton Rouge passenger rail is a proposed inter-city passenger train service between New Orleans and Baton Rouge along the I-10 corridor in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The route would connect the state's largest city to its second- ...
.


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List of bridges in the United States This is a list of the major current and former bridges in the United States. For a more expansive list, see List of bridges in the United States by state. Major bridges This table presents a non-exhaustive list of the road and railway bridges wit ...


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Kansas City Southern Corporate Website
Railroad bridges in Louisiana Kansas City Southern Railway bridges Transportation buildings and structures in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana Bridges completed in 1936 1936 establishments in Louisiana Bonnet Carré Spillway {{Louisiana-bridge-struct-stub