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KCS - Bonnet Carre Floodway Trestle

St. Charles Parish, Louisiana

Map 

Street View 

Description 

9698 foot timber trestle

Facts 

Overview
Timber stringer bridge over Bonnet Carre Floodway on KCS RR
Location
St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
- Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)
Design
Timber stringer
Dimensions
Total length: 9,698.0 ft. (1.8 mi.)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+30.02525, -90.42720   (decimal degrees)
30°01'31" N, 90°25'38" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/748119/3324371 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Laplace
Inventory number
BH 63341 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (16,890)
Have street view (28,919)
Illinois Central Railroad (625)
Kansas City Southern Railway (227)
Louisiana (728)
Open (40,969)
 Over a mile long (311)
Owned by railroad (13,505)
Railroad (16,463)
St. Charles Parish, Louisiana (7)
Timber stringer (4,323)
Total length over 2500 feet (951)

Update Log 

  • October 5, 2014: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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