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re: Hypothetical: Could modern day engineers move the Lower Mississippi River?

Posted on 5/22/15 at 8:37 pm to
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
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Posted on 5/22/15 at 8:37 pm to
Take out old river control structure and it goes into the Atchafalaya River and it would be navigable to the gulf immediately.

Baton Rrouge and New Orleans would be high and dry.
Posted by glassman
Next to the beer taps at Finn's
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 5/22/15 at 8:40 pm to
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Baton Rrouge and New Orleans would be high and dry.


Exactly why the Corps won't let it happen. It will one day, but not anytime soon. It would take years to build infrastructure to handle the load of traffic, more like decades.
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