| List
of Hardened Sites |
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Industrial Lock eastbound from Inner Harbor
Navigation Channel to Paris Road Bridge, rocks harden the
north bank.
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| 2.
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Algiers Canal westbound, rocks on both
banks at the Belle Chase Bridge and continues on south bank
to Mile Board 7.
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| 3.
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Mile Board 13, pipeline crossing, north
and south have rocks. The north side sticks out 30' from the
bank.
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| 4.
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Mile Board 22, pipeline crossing, rocks
on the north and south side of the bank.
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| 5.
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Between Mile Board 30 and 31, pipeline
crossing, the north side has hardened rock bank.
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| 6.
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Mile Board 33, pipeline crossing north
and south side hardened with rocks.
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| 7.
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Mile Board 34 to 35.5, edge of channel
on the south side is hardened with rocks.
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| 8.
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Mile Board 36, near Bollinger Shipyard,
automobiles used for erosion control on the north bank.
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| 9.
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Mile Board 46, pipeline crossing, wooden
bulkhead on north and south side has rocks to protect wooden
bulkhead.
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| 10.
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Mile Board 49.2, rocks at the pipeline
crossing on the south side of the bank.
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| 11.
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Mile Board 50, pipeline crossing on the
north bank has been hardened with rock. South side of the
channel has a mix of clamshell and rocks.
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| 12.
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Mile Board 54, pipeline crossing has
been protected by rock at the bank.
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| 13.
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Mile Board 55.5, Hollywood Terminal on
north side has a bank hardened with rocks.
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| 14.
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Houma, just east of Twin Bridges, pipeline
crossing on north bank is hardened with rocks.
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| 15.
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Mile Board 59.5, rock and steel covering
pipeline on south bank (is illuminated at night).
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| 16.
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Mile Board 60, covered pipeline crossing
on the north bank is hardened with rocks.
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| 17.
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Mile Board 64, pipeline crossing on the
south bank is hardened with rocks.
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| 18.
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Mile Board 66, pipeline crossing at the
bank on both north and south side is hardened by rocks. Sunken
deck barge is also located at this mile board.
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| 19.
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Bayou Beouf Lock, west side, rocks on
levee for 1.7 miles.
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| 20.
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Mile Board 99.8, rocks protect the shoreline
on the north and south bank.
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| 21.
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Mile Board 113, east of Bayou Salle Bridge
bulkhead protected by rocks, with rock along the North bank
running east approximately 1.7 miles.
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| 22.
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Mile Board 131, pipeline crossing on
the north and south bank is hardened with rock. South bank
has warning reflectors to indicate hardened bank.
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| 23.
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Mile Board 137, pipeline crossing on
north bank is hardened by rock. South bank has an exposed
steel pipe standing out of the bank.
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| 24.
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Mile Board 137.6, south bank has been
hardened with rock to protect the shoreline.
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| 25.
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Mile Board 49, pipeline crossing has
rock on the north bank.
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| 26.
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Mile Board 153, south bank rock and pilings
at an old tank battery.
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| 27.
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Mile Board 157, pipeline crossing on
both sides of the waterway has a wooden bulkhead and shell
protecting these pipelines.
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| 28.
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Mile Board 165, pipeline crossing on
the north and south banks has shell and rock bank hardening.
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| 29.
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Mile Board 169, south bank - old farm
equipment and cars.
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| 30.
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Mile Board 171, south bank has wood bulkhead
with shell and rock filler extending approximately 400'. North
bank from Forked Island Bridge east is covered with big rocks.
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| 31.
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Mile Board 177, farm equipment on the
north bank on side of channel.
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| 32.
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Mile Board 178, pipeline crossing on
north and south banks has rock and shell on the bank.
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| 33.
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Mile Board 183, pipeline crossing on
the north and south banks has been hardened with rock.
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| 34.
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Mile Board 193, Gueydan Canal, there
are rocks on both the north and south banks and sheet pile
bulkhead protecting pipeline.
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| 35.
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Mile Board 203, the pipeline crossing
on both banks has been hardened with rock.
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| 36.
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Mile Board 204, pipeline crossing on
both the north and south banks has been hardened with rock.
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| 37.
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Mile Board 215-218, North bank lined
with rock.
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| 38.
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Mile Board 220, Old Bridge and east of
the bridge 600' (private residence) slabs chunks of concrete
are protecting the bank.
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| 39.
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Mile Board 219, Conoco Dock, south side,
has 800' of rip rap along the bank.
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| 40.
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Mile Board 224, there is a rock dike
on the south side of the bank for approximately one half mile
which is considered very dangerous. Underwater at high tide.
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| 41.
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Mile Board 227, pipeline crossing on
both the north and south banks has been hardened with rock.
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| 42.
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Between Black Bayou Mile Board 238 and
Calcasieu River Mile Board 240, the north and south banks
have been hardened with rock.
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| 43.
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Mile Board 245, shell and riprap protect
the pipeline on both the north and south banks.
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| 44.
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Mile 245.5-248, rock levee from salt
ditch to Government Pump Station installed by private landowner.
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| 45.
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Mile Board 249, the bank has been hardened
with cement at the Government Pump Station (for the Hackberry
Strategic Petroleum Reserve).
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| 46.
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Mile Board 54, Gum Cove Ferry crossing,
the south bank is hardened with rocks.
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| 47.
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Mile Board 260, north and south banks
have been hardened with rock and shell.
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Status: Industry requests that the
Corps of Engineers study ways to eliminate or protect hardened
sites that are a danger to barges.
Action Plan: The New Orleans District
has initiated inquiries of the Corps' research and development
laboratories regarding investigation of alternatives to the
use of rip-rap for bank protection.
UPDATE March 2003: all hardened site
items are closed.
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