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All lanes are blocked on I-10 westbound near I-55 northbound on the Bonnet Carré Spillway due to a crash. Congestion has ...
Stalled semi truck and multi-car crash blocked I-10 East on Bonnet Carre Spillway, according to Total Traffic.
The Bonnet Carré Spillway is opened to relieve stress on New Orleans levees when the Mississippi River flows at 1.25 million cubic feet per second -- enough to fill the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in ...
5. Bonnet Carre Spillway part of larger flood control system Bonnet Carré is the southernmost floodway in the Mississippi River and Tributaries system.
The Bonnet Carre Spillway has been opened more than a dozen times since it was constructed nearly 100 years ago, but the protection it offers New Orleans’ levee system comes at a cost: The rush ...
Dozens of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel spent Saturday in preparation mode, testing cranes and inspecting the Bonnet Carré Spillway.Sunday’s opening was the first time in nearly five ...
If the spillway remains open as the Mississippi Sound grows warmer, problems are expected in South Mississippi.
I took this photo shortly after departure from New Orleans on January 11. The lower part of the photo shows the Bonnet Carré Spillway, which had just been opened to divert excess water from the ...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the gates on the Bonnet Carré Spillway in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana on Wednesday to allow flood waters from the swollen Mississippi River to flow into ...
The Bonnet Carre Spillway has been opened 15 times in the more than 90 years since it was built, but 2019 is the year wildlife and commercial fishing groups always talk about.
1. The Bonnet Carre Structure is 87 years old The Bonnet Carré Spillway was constructed after a 1927 flood that devastated more than 27,000 square miles of land in the lower Mississippi Valley.