NS - Lake Pontchartrain Trestle
Facts
- Overview
- Bascule 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
- Originally built 1884. several upgrades have been made since
- Railroads
- - Amtrak (AMTK)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Southern Railway (SOU)
- Design
- Draw span: Bascule Warren through truss
Rest of bridge: Concrete stringers - Dimensions
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Total length: 30,624.0 ft. (5.8 mi.)
- Also called
- Southern - Lake Pontchartrain Trestle
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)
- Quadrangle map:
- North Shore
- Inventory number
- BH 43746 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 16, 2017: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- December 22, 2015: New photos from Douglas Butler
- December 21, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- November 11, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- October 5, 2014: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
- September 15, 2014: New photos from Douglas Butler
- November 4, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
- July 8, 2010: New photos from Nathan Morton
Sources
- Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Patrick Feller - nakrnsm [at] aol [dot] com
- Douglas Butler
- Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Dana and Kay Klein
Comments
This bridge is the old New Orleans and North Eastern Railroad bridge. When it was originally constructed, it was unfilled. The bridge (as is) has had most of it's length filled. Originally, the total length of the bridge was approximately 21 miles in length (including approaches). Filling was completed in 1896, leaving the bridge as it is today.
Will the bridge be open today for marine traffic
Is there a link for the anemometer(wind gauge) on the trestle, between MM 176 and 177.Sure could use that real time info for fishing the bridge. Thanks Buddy
Thanks for the photo! I am creating a surge model of Lake Pontchartrain, and I needed to know whether the railway bridge is a causeway or up on piers. A causeway will block the water circulation, and piers will not. This bridge is up on piers, just like the two road bridges to the east (Highway 11 and Interstate 10).
It might be an oversight, or it might just be that it was fate that you would have the honor to "Add This Bridge".
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.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/la/st-tammany/bh43746/
I am not sure when the bridge seen today was built but there is no way a massive concrete slab bridge on concrete bents dates to 1884. The main span is a bascule bridge that replaced a swing bridge. As near as I can tell 0% of this dates to 1884 and I would say it is incorrect to list the bridge as such. This video contains up close views of the approach spans leading to the bascule span. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=62&v=v8K6TdEuyOc...