A 15-foot deep erosion rill had formed in an unnamed wash due to storm water flows, exposing one of four natural gas pipelines in the area. If left uncovered and unprotected, the pipeline risked further exposure and potential damage due to continued erosion.
The Terrebonne General Medical Center planned a bank stabilization and beautification project along Bayou Terrebonne in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. The plan included installation of a 100 ft steel arch pedestrian bridge across Bayou Terrebonne from East Main Street to East Park Avenue.
An 8-inch natural gas pipeline crosses Caddo Creek in Carter County, Oklahoma. The bed and banks of the creek are composed of clay and sand and the banks are well vegetated. Heavy rain caused lateral migration and head cutting that eroded the right descending bank.
A 50-foot-wide pipeline right-of-way (ROW) had one 16-inch diameter natural gas pipeline in Lea County, New Mexico. Two sites, located 400 yards apart on the same pipeline, were being eroded directly over the pipeline ROW trench. Water running along the trench...
The Memphis truck terminal was built on two levels adjacent to the Mississippi River. The upper-level tanks are connected to the truck rack via two separate pipe racks running down a steep slope. The slope between the two levels was approximately 2:1 slope.