Emerging from the flat river land of the Louisiana/Mississippi border is a complex of three massive structures, displaying the mark of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Old River Control Structure ...

NORTH PORT – North Port officials hosted a ribbon cutting Thursday for Water Control Structure 106, which is located on the Cocoplum Waterway just west of North Port Boulevard, near the City’s Water ...

Above: The Auxiliary Structure, the keystone of the $1 billion Old River Control Structure, which keeps the Mississippi River from changing channels. The main channel of the Mississippi River can be ...

Above: The Old River Control Structure on the Mississippi River as seen during a flood on May 17, 2009 (left) and at normal waters levels on December 31, 2009 (right). The May 2009 flood was the 14th ...

Major diversion project features, including the inlet structure and Wild Rice River control structure, are in the final construction stages. Work is 30% complete on the Red River control structure, ...