The Old River Control Structure is the only thing for miles. Located strategically between the Mississippi River and the Red River, it is the only thing that stands in the way of one of the world ...

Figure 1. Changes in discharge-stage rating curves at the Mississippi River Tarbert Landing gauging station (about 10 km or 6 mi downstream from the Old River Control Structure). For the same flow ...

If the Old River Control Structure (ORCS) were to fail, barge navigation might be interrupted for weeks and possibly months. Barge traffic on the new mainstem of the river--down the Atchafalaya ...

FARGO — Beginning construction on the inlet control structure — a dam to regulate the flow of flood water into a diversion channel — marked the start of building the mammoth $3.2 billion ...

When launched into action, Tampa’s Bypass Canal System, made up of five flood control structures, can safely divert billions of gallons of water from the river into McKay Bay.