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MP - Algiers Canal Bridge
Plaquemines Parish
,
Louisiana
Photos
UP - Algiers Canal Bridge
Louisiana
Photo taken by Douglas Butler
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BH Photo #285096
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Overview
Through truss bridge over Algiers Canal (Gulf Intracoastal Waterway) on Missouri Pacific Railroad
Location
Belle Chasse
,
Plaquemines Parish
,
Louisiana
Status
Closed to traffic
History
Built 1957 by the Missouri Pacific Railroad
Builder
-
Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff Corporation
of Kansas City, Kansas
Railroads
-
Missouri Pacific Railroad
(MP)
-
New Orleans & Gulf Coast Railway
-
Union Pacific Railroad
(UP)
Design
Through truss vertical lift
Approximate latitude, longitude
+29.87209
,
-90.00885
(decimal degrees)
29°52'20" N, 90°00'32" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/788925/3308370
(zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Bertrandville
Inventory number
BH 61296
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Categories
Belle Chasse, Louisiana
(4)
Built 1957
(279)
Built during 1950s
(3,844)
Canal
(39)
Closed
(2,665)
Have street view
(26,947)
Howard, Needles, Tammen & Bergendoff Corporation
(29)
Louisiana
(703)
Missouri Pacific Railroad
(380)
Movable
(2,972)
Navigable waterway
(2,152)
New Orleans & Gulf Coast Railway
(1)
Owned by railroad
(12,423)
Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
(10)
Railroad
(15,414)
Span Drive Vertical Lift
(90)
Through truss
(15,065)
Truss
(32,788)
Union Pacific Railroad
(2,373)
Vertical lift
(420)
Update Log
August 29, 2017: New photos from Luke
August 29, 2017: New photos from Douglas Butler
June 7, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
May 4, 2016: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
December 12, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
June 12, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
June 9, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler
Sources
Douglas Butler
Luke
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