Primary Gate: (
Satellite)
Secondary Gate: (
Satellite)
The navigation channel gate is a small part of the barrier.
This is the gate for a secondary navigation channel.
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Flood Protection Authority posted
The 1.8-mile-long, $1.3 billion Lake Borgne Storm Surge Barrier is the largest civil works, design-build construction project in the history of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
[A comment indicated that the storm surge from Hurricane Katrina was 35' (10.7m), so how effective would 26' (8m) be?] |
"Great Wall of Louisiana" The barrier cost $1.3b and was completed in 2013. [
FloodAuthority] The following three photos are from that webpage.
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