Mississippi River Concrete Mats

Revetment construction with concrete mats on the mississippi river is unique.

Mississippi river concrete mats.

Mississippi river s specialized mat sinking unit to get modern upgrade december 12 2019 by mike schuler the 188 x 74 x 10 mat boat designed by bristol harbor group. A popular kind of revetment on the mississippi is basically a massive concrete mat in the video above you can. Over 360 miles of the river in the new orleans district alone have been revetted. The concrete mats are engineered to keep the river in its place.

An army corps of engineers team was installing new articulated concrete mat material on the east bank of the mississippi river at the new orleans jefferson parish border on monday aug. Army corps of engineers provides some preventive maintenance on the mississippi river in the form of mat sinking to help protect levees and other ri. Then the concrete mats are placed in the water along the base of the river. The articulated concrete mattress mat arrives on location by barge from one of the mat casting fields along the river in tennessee arkansas mississippi and louisiana.