The I-10 Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge is a twin concrete trestle bridge in the U.S. state of Louisiana. [1] With a total length of 58,077 feet (17,702 m; 10.9994 mi), it is one of the longest bridges in the world.

The Bonnet Carré Spillway / ˈbɒniː ˈkɛriː / is a flood control operation in the Lower Mississippi Valley. Located in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, about 12 miles (19 km) west of New Orleans, it allows floodwaters from the Mississippi River to flow …

Over the years, the Bonnet Carré Spillway has developed into an extensively used outdoor recreation area with approximately 400,000 visitors enjoying the spillway each year. The public is...

The CNR Bonnet Carré Spillway-McComb Bridge is a 2.3-mile-long (3.7 km) bridge that carries Canadian National Railway tracks over the Bonnet Carré Spillway and a portion of Lake Pontchartrain in St. Charles Parish and St. John the Baptist Parish. [1]

Bonnet Carre Spillway, emergency floodway in St. Charles parish, southeastern Louisiana, U.S. Located about 30 miles (50 km) upstream from New Orleans, it is designed to divert water from the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain.

The Bonnet Carré Spillway is just one element of a comprehensive U.S. Corps of Engineers flood control plan in the Lower Mississippi Valley. The construction of the Bonnet Carré Spillway not only provided employment to thousands of workers but ultimately “put Norco on the map.”

The Bonnet Carre Spillway was partially opened on Monday, Jan. 10, 2016 in order to keep the volume of the Mississippi River flows at New Orleans from exceeding 1.25 million cubic feet per...

The I-10 Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge is a twin concrete trestle bridge in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a total length of 17,702 m or 58,077 ft, it is one of the longest bridges in the world. The bridge carries Interstate 10 over the Bonnet Carré Spillway, Lake Pontchartrain, and LaBranche Wetlands in St. Charles Parish and a portion of ...

2024年12月18日 · Bonnet Carre Spillway was reopened Wednesday morning after it closed due to dense fog causing low visibility on the bridge, according to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and...

2020年2月2日 · The Bonnet Carre Spillway, or Bonnet Carre Floodway, was constructed in the wake of a devastating flood in 1927 that ravaged 27,000 square miles of the lower Mississippi Valley. The Spillway diverts excess water from the Mississippi River into Lake Pontchartrain to prevent further flooding and damage.