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Posts Tagged ‘Mississippi River’

Mississippi River Watershed Report Card

Wednesday, October 21st, 2015
The Report Card was built in the five basins

AMERICA’S WATERSHED INITIATIVE
The Mississippi River Watershed has diminished as a healthy and sustaining water resource over the last several decades. To raise the grade, we need integrated management to reflect the relationships between the different goals and basins, and increased participation by partners and stakeholders working together on specific actions to improve the watershed.

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Minnesota DOT: Update on the Winona Bridge Project

Friday, June 12th, 2015

This video illustrates project progress, having used an approach known as CMGC.

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The New Mississippi River Bridge Is a Boon to the Region

Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
New Mississippi River Bridge Construction

Next year will be better for St. Louis drivers, thanks to the soon-to-be-completed new Mississippi River Bridge. The bridge will make a difference to congestion, safety, and commuting times. The new bridge will be about a mile north of the existing Poplar Street Bridge.

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New Orleans, LA: Mat Sinking on the Mississippi River

Monday, February 4th, 2013

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers provides some preventive maintenance on the Mississippi River in the form of mat sinking to help protect levees and other river structures used to help keep the waterway navigable and reduce the risk of flooding for residents of Louisiana, Jan. 4, 2013. It’s an well-orchestrated process using one of […]

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Hastings, MN: Hastings Bridge Lift Time-Lapse

Monday, September 24th, 2012

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Illinois to Missouri: The New Mississippi River Bridge

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012

Construction work on the Mississippi River Bridge project has begun.The new Mississippi River Bridge is the first bridge built connecting downtown St. Louis and southwestern Illinois in more than 40 years. Currently, the only urban interstate bridge between Illinois and Missouri is the Poplar Street Bridge, known locally as the PSB. The PSB is one […]

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Opening the Morganza Floodway

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
USACE opens Morganza Floodway

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the first bay at the Morganza Floodway on May 14th. Photos by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Public Affairs, USACEpublicaffairs on flickr. “Intended to operate during emergency flooding, the purpose of the Morganza Floodway is to divert excess floodwater from the Mississippi River into the Atchafalaya […]

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Video: Longest Cable-Stayed Bridge in Western Hemisphere

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

John James Audubon Bridge in Louisiana is the Longest Cable-Stayed Bridge in Western Hemisphere, will link Pointe Coupee and West Feliciana Parishes. Construction crews have now connected both sides and bridge is expected to open in late summer 2011
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