Article about Bunsniff's new 0.92 mile-long bridge at Sand Point.
"A second railroad bridge over Idaho’s largest lake is set to begin service this month and promises to ease pressure at a bottleneck on the BNSF Railway by allowing trains to run in both directions."
"The new 4,880-foot bridge runs parallel to the original bridge built in 1904, which crosses Lake Pend Oreille southeast from Sandpoint."
"The $100 million Sandpoint Junction Connector Project began in late 2019. It includes two smaller bridges in Sandpoint over Sand Creek and Bridge Street."
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