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Southern - New Basin Canal Bridge
Photos
New Basin Canal - Black Bridge
Hinged lift drawbridge removed
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in March 2013
BH Photo #284897
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Girder bridge over New Basin Canal on Southern Railway
- Location
- New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana
- Status
- Demolished
- Railroad
- - Southern Railway (SOU)
- Design
- Girder hinged lift type bascule
- Also called
- Southern - Black Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +29.98847, -90.11626 (decimal degrees)
29°59'18" N, 90°06'59" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/778221/3321009 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- New Orleans East
- Land survey
- T. 13 S., R. 11 E.
- Elevation
- 9.3 ft. above sea level
- Inventory number
- BH 61240 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 8, 2014: Updated by Clark Vance: Added category "Southern Railway"
- June 8, 2014: Updated by Don Morrison: Moved coordinates to most likely position
- June 5, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler
Sources
- Don Morrison
- Douglas Butler
- Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
- Alexander Allison New Orleans New Basin Canal - New Orleans Public Library
- Luke
Comments
New Basin Canal - Black Bridge
The bridge was near the Metairie Cemetery, so the pin is in the correct location. 1939 map shows the railroad simply as "Southern".
New Basin Canal - Black Bridge
There are also a couple of other potential locations further down Pontchartrain Expressway where RRs cross.
New Basin Canal - Black Bridge
Douglas;
New Basin Canal was filled in during the late 1940s. Pontchartrain Expressway is located over part of it; much of the rest is a green space. I moved the coordinates to the RR crossing of Pontchartrain Expressway, since that appears to be the most likely location.
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There was an identical bridge over the Bayou St. John East of this down the line.