UP - Krotz Springs Bridge

Photos 

View this photo at dualsportridersoflouisiana.com

BH Photo #239761

Map 

Street View 

• View #1

Facts 

Overview

Through truss swing bridge over Atchafalaya River on Union Pacific Railroad

Location

Krotz Springs, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, and St. Landry Parish, Louisiana

Status

Open to traffic

History

Opened July 1, 1928 as a dual rail/auto bridge. Converted to rail only in 1933 with the opening of the original Long-Allen Bridge that crossed the Atchafalaya River upstream.

Railroad

- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

Design

Swing span: Double-intersection Warren through truss

Approximate latitude, longitude

+30.53900, -91.74565   (decimal degrees)
30°32'20" N, 91°44'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/620324/3379182 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Lottie

Inventory number

BH 53274 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• April 21, 2019: Updated by M. D. Caillet: Added category "Old US 190"
• October 17, 2017: New photo from Jeff Dubea
• March 9, 2016: New photo from M. D. Caillet
• May 30, 2013: New photo from M. D. Caillet
• September 22, 2012: New photos from Jared Mixson
• August 27, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Railroad", "Kansas City Southern Railway"
• August 27, 2012: Added by Jared Mixson

Sources 

• Jared
• Jeff Dubea
• Douglas Butler

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