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An investigation of the primary and secondary highway infrastructure in the Upper Mississippi River Basin was conducted to determine the modes and mechanisms of damage caused by the 1993 flooding. Several modes of failure observed are presented. Dramatic examples of scour in sites of highway embankment breaches, scour at bridge abutments on broad floodplains, and scour in rock are presented. Flow over embankments damaged highway embankments and long reaches of highway shoulder and pavement. Slope and embankment failures were caused also by saturation of fill and slope materials and by groundwater effects. Debris transported by floodwater accumulated on secondary roadway bridges substructures, causing catastrophic collapse of structures.

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Bridges; Collapse; Debris removal; Defects; Embankments; Erosion; Failure; Flood damage; Highways; Pavements; Scour; Slope failure

Mississippi River Basin flood, 1993

Debris; Highway damage; Pavement damage

Bridges and other structures; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Pavements; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw

TRIS, TRB

Nov 16 1995 12:00AM

• CORRELATIONS BETWEEN HEAVY METALS AND SUSPENDED SOLIDS IN HIGHWAY RUNOFF: IMPLICATIONS FOR CONTROL STRATEGIES
• CURRENT WATER QUALITY BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES DESIGN GUIDANCE
• EFFECTS OF FEDERAL LEVEES AND RESERVOIRS ON 1993 FLOOD STAGES IN ST. LOUIS
• EFFECTS OF STORM WATER REGULATIONS ON COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
• ENHANCING CONTAMINANT REMOVAL IN STORMWATER DETENTION BASINS BY COAGULATION
• HYDRAULICS OF FLARED END SECTIONS FOR PIPE CULVERTS
• JULY 1993 FLOOD DAMAGE TO US-71 BRIDGE OVER BRUSHY CREEK, CARROLL COUNTY, IOWA: CASE STUDY
• MAGNITUDE AND FREQUENCY OF 1993 FLOOD VOLUMES IN UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN
• MAGNITUDE AND FREQUENCY OF PEAK DISCHARGES FOR MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN FLOOD OF 1993
• MOBILIZATION OF MAJOR AND TRACE CONSTITUENTS OF HIGHWAY RUNOFF IN GROUNDWATER POTENTIALLY CAUSED BY DEICING CHEMICAL MIGRATION
• NATIONAL EVALUATION OF WATER QUALITY ISSUES FOR HIGHWAY PLANNING
• SCOUR MEASUREMENTS AT BRIDGE SITES DURING 1993 UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN FLOOD
• SELECTION OF FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS PROCEDURE FOR EVALUATING FLOOD-ESTIMATION MODELS
• WATER LEVEL STATISTICS FOR DESIGN OF TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES IN COASTAL LOUISIANA