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BNSF’s New Sandpoint Bridge Opens for Business
Written by Bruce E. Kelly, Contributing Editor![image description](https://www.railwayage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/BK4_5522.jpg)
The first train to cross BNSF’s new Sandpoint bridge traces a ghostly image across Lake Pend Oreille on the night of Nov. 20, 2022. ALL PHOTOS: Bruce E. Kelly
Fifty years after Burlington Northern consolidated the traffic of two predecessor routes onto a single line featuring a nearly mile-long bridge near Sandpoint, Idaho, successor BNSF has opened its long-anticipated second bridge. The first train to officially cross the new structure was an empty coal train at 9:00 p.m. on Nov. 20, 2022.