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Norfolk Southern Railway Lake Pontchartrain Trestle

St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, and Orleans Parish, Louisiana
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North End of trestle at Slidell

Photo taken by Nathan Morton in July 2010

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Overview
Bridge over Lake Pontchartrain on Norfolk Southern Railway (former Southern Railway)
Location
New Orleans, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, and Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Arguably the longest railroad bridge in the United States
Dimensions
Total length: 30,624.0 ft. (5.8 mi.)
Also called
Norfolk Southern Lake Pontchartrain Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+30.15913, -89.87189   (decimal degrees)
30°09'33" N, 89°52'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/223398/3339903 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
North Shore
Inventory number
BH 43746 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (6,052)
Concrete stringer (271)
Louisiana (519)
New Orleans, Louisiana (40)
Norfolk Southern Railway (453)
Open (28,318)
Orleans Parish, Louisiana (37)
 Over a mile long (192)
Owned by railroad (4,050)
Railroad (4,080)
Southern Railway (39)
St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana (36)
Total length over 2500 feet (587)

Update Log 

  • July 8, 2010: New photos from Nathan Morton

Sources 

  • Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Norfolk Southern Railway Lake Pontchartrain Trestle
Posted October 11, 2010, by Ed Hollowell (erhollowell [at] aol [dot] com)

It might be an oversight, or it might just be that it was fate that you would have the honor to "Add This Bridge".

Norfolk Southern Railway Lake Pontchartrain Trestle
Posted October 11, 2010, by George W. (glw4077 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Why is the CSX (former L&N) bridge over Rigolets Pass missing from this list? It is also arguably the longest through truss railroad bridge in North America, being over 4,500 feet in length.