Kansas City Southern Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge

Kansas City Southern Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge
Coordinates 30°01′30″N 90°25′37″W / 30.0250°N 90.4269°W / 30.0250; -90.4269Coordinates: 30°01′30″N 90°25′37″W / 30.0250°N 90.4269°W / 30.0250; -90.4269
Carries Kansas City Southern rail line
Crosses Bonnet Carré Spillway
Locale St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
Owner Kansas City Southern Railway
Maintained by Kansas City Southern Railway
Characteristics
Total length 9,501 ft (2,896 m)
History
Opened 1936

The Kansas City Southern Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge is a bridge that carries a Kansas City Southern Railway rail line over the Bonnet Carré Spillway in St. Charles Parish.[1] At 1.8 miles (2.9 km) long or (9,501 ft), it is one of the longest bridges in the world.[2]

The bridge is owned and maintained by the Kansas City Southern Railway corporation and is used by Kansas City Southern Railway freight trains.

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 2014-03-30.
  2. "Study puts price of New Orleans to Baton Rouge passenger train at $262 million". Railway Track & Structures Magazine. Retrieved 2014-03-30.

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