Global InformationSeabrook Floodgate information
Seabrook Floodgate | |
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| Coordinates | 30°01′54″N 90°02′04″W / 30.03167°N 90.03444°W |
| Crosses | Industrial Canal |
| Locale | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Owner | US Army Corps of Engineers |
| Characteristics | |
| Material | Concrete, steel |
| History | |
| Designer | Arcadis |
| Constructed by | Alberici |
| Construction start | 2010 |
| Construction end | June 2012 |
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The Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Seabrook Floodgate Structure is a flood barrier in the Industrial Canal in New Orleans, Louisiana. The floodgate is designed to protect the Industrial Canal and the surrounding areas from a storm surge from Lake Pontchartrain. It consists of two 50-foot (15 m) wide vertical lift gates and a 95-foot (29 m) wide sector gate.
The building of the floodgate was authorized by Congress in 2006 and operated in tandem with the Lake Borgne Surge Reduction Barrier to reduce the risk of storm surge damage to some of the New Orleans region's most vulnerable areas – New Orleans East, metro New Orleans, the Ninth Ward, Gentilly, and St. Bernard Parish.[1]
- ^ "Seabrook Project Video", NOLA.com, September 27, 2010.