Rating:
2 votes

UP - Krotz Springs Bridge

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

Photos 

Map 

Street View 

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
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 

A-frame portal (408)
Atchafalaya River (11)
Double-intersection Warren through truss (161)
Double-intersection Warren truss (432)
Have street view (24,106)
Krotz Springs, Louisiana (3)
Louisiana (661)
Movable (2,775)
Open (37,555)
 Owned by railroad (10,509)
Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana (15)
Railroad (13,874)
St. Landry Parish, Louisiana (26)
Swing (1,319)
Through truss (13,259)
Truss (30,012)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,075)

Update Log 

  • 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
Post a comment here
Contact webmaster

Comments 

Krotz Springs Railroad Bridge
Posted October 15, 2012, by Edgar Sanchez

Actually it is owed and operated by Union Pacific Railroad, not Kansas City Southern.