UP - Port Allen Bridge

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UP Port Allen Railroad Bridge

Louisiana

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

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BH Photo #265945

Map 

Street View 

• Raised

Facts 

Overview

Lift Truss bridge over Port Allen Canal on Union Pacific Railroad

Location

Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Status

Open

Railroad

- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

Design

Lift Truss

Approximate latitude, longitude

+30.43263, -91.21152   (decimal degrees)
30°25'57" N, 91°12'41" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/671755/3368083 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Baton Rouge West

Inventory number

BH 53561 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• May 4, 2016: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
• December 10, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
• March 27, 2015: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
• February 18, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
• October 10, 2013: New photo from Douglas Butler
• September 7, 2013: New photo from Douglas Butler
• September 17, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Union Pacific Railroad", "Navigable waterway", "Railroad"
• September 17, 2012: Added by Jared Mixson

Sources 

• Jared
• Intercoastal Waterway Vertical Lift Rail Bridge - Port Allen, LA - Vertical Lift rail bridge. Located at the Port Allen Lock facility, and can be viewed easily and safely from a small park-like area.
• Douglas Butler
• Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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