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Title:

Impacts of 1993 Upper Mississippi River Basin Floods on Highways Systems

Abstract:

A prolonged wet weather period followed by intense rainfall caused devastating flooding in nine states of the Upper Mississippi River drainage basin during 1993, with consequent extensive damage to primary and secondary highway systems. More than $200 million was requested by the local government to repair them. An investigation of the primary and secondary highway infrastructure in this area was conducted to determine the modes and mechanisms of damage.

Source(s):

Transportation Research Board, Transportation Research Record 1483, University of Louisville Civil Engineering Department. For an electronic copy of this resource, please direct your request to WeatherFeedback@dot.gov.

Date: 1995

Author:

Hagerty, Parola, Fenske

Keywords:


Emergency management
Flooding
Freeway management
Rain
Weather information
Precipitation

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