CSX Rigolets Pass Bridge

The CSX Rigolets Pass Bridge carries one track of CSX Transportation across the Rigolets on the eastern side of Lake Pontchartrain between New Orleans and Slidell, Louisiana.

This article is about the CSX Rail bridge. For US 90 Rigolets bridge, see Fort Pike Bridge.
CSX Rigolets Pass Bridge
Coordinates30°09′19″N 89°37′51″W
Carries1 track of CSX
CrossesRigolets
LocaleNew Orleans and Slidell, Louisiana
Characteristics
Designtruss bridge with a swing section
Total length4,555 feet (1,388 m)
Location

Accidents

Louisville & Nashville freight train number 71 derailed on the morning of January 7th, 1896. The locomotive and 20 boxcars derailed and sank 50 feet underwater. 12 people died, one man nearly drowned, a telegraph operator was one of the many people that went missing, Jas Kenn, a German, nearly drowned and was badly crippled. The rest of the crew also survived the wreck. The cause of the accident was the engineer who didn't observe the regulations of the approach to the draw, running the red signal

References
  • "CSX - Rigolets Pass Bridge". Bridgehunter.com. 1925-06-10. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

    GulfLive - Rigolets Train Crash Halted Rail in 1896 | website=gulflive.com | date=2010-10-13 | url=https://www.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-living/2010/10/rigolets_train_crash_halted_rail_in_1896_--_sampling_our_history.html



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