An emergency team of contractors led by Opelika, Ala.-based Scott Bridge Co. is tackling an 85-mile stretch of Hurricane Katrina-damaged railroad track between New Orleans and Pascagoula for CSX Railroad Corp. Five bridges along the stretch are impassable and three others badly damaged, says Misty Bell, CSX spokeswoman. Scott will begin bridge repairs in New Orleans and work eastward, while Jordan Pile Driving Inc., Ozark, Ala., will begin in Pascagoula and work westward, says Ike Scott, president of Scott Bridge Co. /p>
The most badly damaged bridge is the Bay St. Louis railroad bridge, a 2-mile box girder crossing with 60-ft-long reinforced concrete spans.