🌉 Gulf Intracoastal Waterway West Closure Complex

United States · Americas · 29.82°N, 90.07°W

The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway West Closure Complex is a part of the New Orleans Drainage System; it consists of a navigable floodgate, a pumping station, flood walls, sluice gates, foreshore protection, and an earthen levee. The complex was designed to reduce risk for residences and businesses in the project area from a storm surge associated with a tropical event, with an intensity that has a one percent chance of occurring in any given year. This project was operated for the first time on August 29, 2012, in response to Hurricane Isaac.

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Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Coordinates (approx.)	29.82°N, 90.07°W · view on map

Gulf Intracoastal Waterway West Closure Complex is located in United States, in Americas.

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