Defunneling the Funnel BNSF’s second long bridge over Lake Pend Oreille at Sandpoint, Idaho, is well underway. Steel cylinders that will support the bridge are being welded together as they are driving into the lake bed, and both approaches to the bridge are graded. A westbound BNSF grain train crosses the original bridge amid the construction on February 4, 2021. Partially in the clouds above town in the background is the Schweitzer Mountain ski area.
