CNR Bonnet Carré Spillway-McComb Bridge

The CNR Bonnet Carré Spillway-McComb Bridge is a 2.3 mile (3,701 m or 12,144 ft), bridge that carries a Canadian National Railway rail line over the Bonnet Carré Spillway and a portion of Lake Pontchartrain in St. Charles Parish and St. John the Baptist Parish.[1] Its length makes it one of the longest bridges in the world.

CNR Bonnet Carré Spillway-McComb Bridge
Coordinates	30°03′47″N 90°23′09″W
Carries	Canadian National rail line
Crosses	Bonnet Carré Spillway and Lake Pontchartrain
Locale	St. Charles Parish and St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana
Owner	Canadian National Railway
Maintained by	Canadian National Railway
Characteristics
Total length	12,144 ft (3,701 m)
History
Opened	1936
Location

The bridge is owned and maintained by the Canadian National Railway corporation and is used by Amtrak passenger trains and Canadian National Railway freight trains.[2]

In 2011, most likely due to debris hitting the bridge after the opening of the Bonnet Carré Spillway, 26 feet of the bridge was damaged and a bridge pier was dislodged.[3]

On February 13, 2016, a fire destroyed over 800 feet of the trestle near its southeast end. The damaged segment was quickly rebuilt and reopened to rail traffic on February 20.

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. "More trains crossing parish". The Livingston Parish News. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
3. "Company says Bonnet Carré rail bridge may be back in service by Thursday". WWL TV. Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-03-30.

External links

• Canadian National Railway website