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 ...

Contractors working for BNSF Railway installed the final deck girder segment on the nearly one-mile-long bridge across Lake Pend Oreille near Sandpoint, Idaho, during the first half of August. Under ...

BNSF Railway said it moving ahead with a second railroad bridge across Lake Pend Oreille at Sandpoint while the city’s mayor voiced opposition.

BNSF Railway Co. is moving ahead with long-discussed plans to build a second bridge over Lake Pend Oreille in northern Idaho. While the Sandpoint Junction Connector may seem like a faraway project ...

There is currently one rail bridge that runs into Sandpoint -- and BNSF spokesperson Gus Melonas it's a "chokepoint" for trains, a new rail bridge would alleviate the congestion on Sandpoint railways.

BOISE, Idaho — BNSF Railway’s plan to build two bridges as part of a second railroad line in northern Idaho to accommodate increased train traffic and future growth meets environmental ...

Idaho officials have approved BNSF Railway’s application for a permit to build a second railroad bridge in northern Idaho across Lake Pend Oreille and Sand Creek in Sandpoint.

SANDPOINT, Idaho -- BNSF Railway wants to build a second bridge in northern Idaho to handle an expected increase in traffic that includes coal and oil trains.

SANDPOINT, Idaho (AP) — An environmental group is appealing an Idaho Department of Lands encroachment permit granted for a second BNSF Railway Co. bridge. Court records show Wild Idaho Rising ...

According to the backers of the new bridge for BNSF, I quote, “What is good for Washington is good for the entire Northwest.” Huh. Really? Does the bridge proposal include the two other ...