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Geotextile tubes are filled by pumping material in slurry form into the tube to form structures that can be used as breakwaters, levees, or other containment structures. TenCate has a new product that much improves […]

Hurricane Katrina damage to the Interstate 10 Twin Spans
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September 7, 2011 rockman Project Related Comments Off on Rubble from Katrina will be used in erosion control gabion mattresses

The I-10 Twin Spans bridges were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, but the concrete rubble from the structures will be used inside gabion mattresses to line a 7.8-mile stretch of the Lake Borgne shoreline to reduce […]