Louisiana Index Map

Last Revised: 1993

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Amite River and Bayou Manchac, LA

AMITE RIVER AND BAYOU MANCHAC, LA. CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 JUNE 1974

Project
River and Harbor Act of 21 January 1927 and prior R. & H. Acts provide for a channel 7- by 60- feet in Lake Maurepas to Port Vincent and removal of obstructions between that point and the L.& A. Ry. Bridge across Bayou Manchac. Total length of improvement about 44 miles.

Purpose
The Amite River and Bayou Manchac, Louisiana, project was originally initiated to meet the reasonable demands of commerce on these streams. However, very little commercial traffic has been reported on this waterway in recent years. The waterway is now used extensively for recreational purposes.

Physical Data
Normal range of tide 10 to 14 inches at mouth of Amite River; Bayou Manchac 4 to 6 inches due to tide, 6 to 12 feet in upper reaches of both streams due to freshets.

Progress of Work
100% complete in 1928

COST
$28,234

Last Revised: 1993

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Atchafalaya River, Morgan City to the Gulf of Mexico, LA

ATCHAFALAYA RIVER, MORGAN CITY TO THE GULF OF MEXICO, LOUISIANA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1989

Project
River and Harbor Act of 25 June 1910 provides for a channel 20 feet deep, 200 feet wide and 15.75 miles long from the 20 foot contour in Atchafalaya Bay, which is approximately 4 miles beyond the mouth of the Atchafalaya River, to the 20 foot contour in the Gulf of Mexico.

Purpose
The purpose of the project is to provide a navigation channel from the 20 foot contour in the Atchafalaya River to the 20 foot contour in the Gulf of Mexico.

Physical Data
Normal range of tides, 10 inches; extreme, 14 inches; hurricane, 10 feet.

Progress of Work
Existing project completed 1914. Project incorporated into Atchafalaya River and Bayous Chene, Boeuf and Black project in 1968,
see Atchafalaya River and Bayous Chene, Boeuf and Black, LA

COST
$501,963

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Atchafalaya River and Bayous Chene, Boeuf and Black, LA

ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AND BAYOUS CHENE, BOEUF, AND BLACK, LA.
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1983

Project
The River and Harbor Act of 1968, House Document 155, 90th Congress, lst Session, authorized the following plan of improvement:
(1) a channel 20 feet deep over a bottom width of 400 feet from the vicinity of the U. S. Highway 90 crossing over Bayou Boeuf to the Gulf of Mexico via the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW), Bayou Chene, the Avoca Island-Cutoff Bayou Drainage channel, the Lower Atchafalaya Piver, and the existing project across Atchafalaya Bay to the 20 foot depth contour in the Gulf of Mexico, except that the width in Bayou Boeuf would be reduced to not less than 300 feet where necessary because of industrial developments on both sides of the bayou, and
(2) a 20 by 400 foot channel in Bayou Black and the GIWW from the major shipyard on Bayou Black at U. S. Highway 90 to Bayou Chene.

Purpose
To provide an adequate navigation outlet for the major marine fabrication and repair facilities which build mobile offshore petroleum drilling rigs, and to provide shelters of refuge, for these rigs and related floating equipment, from Gulf storms and hurricanes.

Physical Data
The range of tide at the mouth of the Atchafalaya River is 10 inches normally with extremes of 10 feet during hurricane surges.

Progress of Work
Construction on the inland portions of Bayous Boeuf and Black was initiated on 8 Apr 77 and completed on 13 Jan 78 and June 1978 respectively. Construction of the final reach, Bayou Chene and Avoca Island Cutoff commenced 23 Oct 80 and was completed 28 Sep 81.
The GDM was approved and the final impact statement was placed on file with Council on Environmental Quality on 15 Jan 74.
A supplement to the Final EIS was placed on file with CEQ on 28 Jan 77.
See sheet 1-18A for a previous project that was authorized for the construction of a channel in the Atchafalaya Bay and Gulf of Mexico.
Right-of-way acquisition is not complete.

Cost
$31,280,000

Last Revised: 1993

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Barataria Bay Waterway, LA

BARATARIA BAY WATERWAY, LOUISIANA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1983

Project
River and Harbor Act of 2 March 1919 provided for a dredged channel 5 feet deep by 50 feet wide from Bayou Villars to Grand isle. Total length of improvement, 37 miles.
River and Harbor Act of 3 July 1958 provides for a channel approximately 37 miles long with a 12 foot depth and 125 foot width at Mean Low Gulf from its beginning at the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway to Grand Isle, La., following the route of the previous project to mile 15.5 in Bayou St. Denis; thence by a relocated channel along the western shore of Barataria Bay and through Barataria Pass to the 12 foot depth contour in the Gulf of Mexico, with a 4.3 mile extension of the project to include the westerly 4.3 miles of Bayou Rigaud.

Purpose
To provide an adequate navigation channel for vessels engaged in the movement of crude oil, supplies, and equipment for the drilling of offshore and inshore oil wells; in the shrimping and oyster fisheries; and in pleasure fishing and yachting.

Physical Data
Normal range of tide is 14 inches at the mouth and 6 inches at the head. The elevation of water surface near the mouth due to hurricane has been over 8 feet.

Progress of Work
Work under the Act of 2 March 1919 was completed in 1925.
In accordance with Section 5, River and Harbor Act approved 4 March 1915, approval was granted to widen bar entrance channel to Barataria Bay Waterway from 125 feet to 250 feet between mile -1.26 and 12 foot contour. Work was initiated 31 November 1967 and completed 29 December 1967.

Act of 1958:
Physically completed on 9 November 1963, with Real Estate activities completed 28 April 1967.

Total project 100% complete.

Cost
$ 73,037 Previous Project
1,572,685 Existing Project (For new work)
2,000 Contributed Funds (Existing Project)

TOTAL $1,647,722

Last Revised: 1993

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Bayou Bonfouca, LA

BAYOU BONFOUCA, LA.
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 JUNE 1974

Project
River and Harbor Act of 21 January 1927 provides for dredging channel 10 feet deep at Mean Low Water and 60 feet wide from Slidell, La. to deep water in Lake Pontchartrain.

Purpose
The 10- by 60-foot existing project for Bayou Bonfouca affords a connection between Slidell and Lake Pontchartrain on which waterborne commerce serving existing manufacturing plants can be carried and over which vessels and barges can be moved to and from repair facilities and shipbuilding yards.

Physical Data
Range of tide is 0.9 foot; due to wind, 2 to 4 feet.

Progress of Work
Completed in 1931.

Cost
$ 30,997 (Federal Funds)
5,500 (Contributed Funds)

Total $ 36,497

Last Revised: 1993

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Bayou Dupre, LA

BAYOU DUPRE, LA.
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 JUNE 1974

Project
River and Harbor Act of 26 August 1937 provides for a channel 6- by 80-feet from highway bridge at Violet to Lake Borgne, thence 6- by 100-feet to the 6 foot contour in the lake and a turning basin 100- by 200-feet at Violet. Length of improvement, 7.3 miles.

Purpose
To assist navigation, the 7.3 miles of improvement of the Bayou Dupre project provides easier access by commercial traffic so that more trade is attracted to the waterway and surrounding areas. Pleasure craft also profit from the improvement.

Physical Data
Normal range of tide., 1.5 feet; hurricane, 6 feet.

Progress of Work
Completed in 1939.

Cost
$38,915

Last Revised: 1993

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Bayou Grand Caillou and Le Carpe, LA

WATERWAY FROM THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY TO BAYOU DULAC, LA (BAYOUS GRAND CAILLOU AND LE CARPE, LA)
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1987

Project
Adopted by River and Harbor Act approved 30 August 1935, provides for a channel 5- by 40-feet from the Intracoastal Waterway at Houma via Bayou LeCarpe, Bayou Pelton and Bayou Grand Caillou to Bayou Dulac. Length of improvement about 16.3 miles.

The River and Harbor Act approved 23 October 1962 authorized a modification of the project for the waterway from the Intracoastal Waterway to Bayou Dulac, Louisiana (Bayous Grand Caillou and LeCarpe) to provide for a 10- by 45-foot channel in Bayou LeCarpe from the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway to the Houma Navigation Canal.

A study to enlarge Bayou Grand Cailllou from the Houma Navigation Canal to Bayou Provost was performed under the continuing authority provided to the Chief of Engineers by Section 1 07 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960. The study recommends enlarging the existing channel to 14 by 90 feet for the first two miles of the bayou north of its intersection with the Houma Navigation Canal and 10 by 60 feet from the upstream and of the 14 by 90 foot section to Bayou Provost (5.3 miles).

Purpose
The channel and the modifications to this channel of this project fulfill the needs of navigation by benefitting heavy commercial traffic and tonnages in the area of the project.
Progress of Work

Work authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 30 August 1935 was completed 1938.
Work authorized by the modification of R. & H. Act of 23 October 1962 was completed 17 August 1964.

Implementation of the study recommendations prepared under the Section 107 authority of the Chief of Engineers is not scheduled pending approval of the study and draft Local Cooperation Agreement.

COST
$ 51,280 Act 30 August 1935
78,342 Act 23 October 1962

Total $129,622

Estimate for proposed enlargement of Bayou Grand Caillou:
$1,318,000 Federal
1,208,000 Non-Federal

$2,518,000 Total

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Bayou Grosse Tete, LA

BAYOU GROSSE TETE, LOUISIANA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1989

Project
River and Harbor Act of 25 July 1912 provides for dredging a channel 5 by 60 feet at M.L.W. (M.L.W. is 2 feet above M.L.G.L.) and removing snags and trees from mouth (mile 0) to mile 29, five miles above Maringouin. Length of improvement 29 miles.
The portion of this project from Mile 10.3 to Mile 29.0 was deauthorized 6 May 1981, as per letter, DAEN-CWP-A, subject: "Completed Action on 5th Deauthorization Report, 17 June 1981".

Purpose
The purpose of the project was to provide an adequate channel for the existing commerce.

Physical Data
Normal range of zero at head and 3 to 6 inches at mouth due to tide; 2 to 8 feet due to flood.

Progress of Work
A channel 5 by 60 feet was completed between mile 0 and mile 10.3 in 1914, and a channel 5 by 40 feet was completed to mile 29 in 1916.
Dredging the stream 20 feet wider above mile 10.3 was deauthorized in 1981.
100% complete (Active portion of project)
Mile 0 through mile 2 of Bayou Grosse Tete has become a part of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway from Morgan City to Port Allen. See Sheet 1-BA.

Cost
$29,392 (completed work)

Last Revised: 1993

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Bayou Lacombe, LA

BAYOU LACOMBE, LA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 JUNE 1974

Project
River and Harbor Act of 30 August 1935 provides for a channel 8- by 60-feet through the entrance bar in Lake Pontchartrain. Removal of snags and overhanging trees to fish hatchery at mile 8.2.

Purpose
While aiding navigation, the Bayou Lacombe project channel provides water transportation to an area which was handicapped by a lack of economical means of transportation. Snagging and clearing have greatly enhanced the waterway for recreational use.

Physical Data
Normal range of tide, 0.8 feet; winds, 3 feet to 6 feet.

Progress of Work
Completed in 1938.

Cost
$4,716

Last Revised: 1993

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Bayou Lafourche and Lafourche Jump Waterway, LA

BAYOU LAFOURCHE AND LAFOURCHE-JUMP WATERWAY, LA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1993

Project
River and Harbor Act of 30 August 1935 House Document 45, 73rd Congress, 1st Session provides for a permanent closure of head of bayou without lock; channel 6-by 60-feet from Napoleonville to Lockport; a channel 6-by 60-feet from Larose to the Gulf of Mexico with a jettied entrance at Belle Pass and the closure of Pass Fourchon. Length of improvement 79.25 miles.

The River and Harbor Act of 14 July 1960 House Document 112, 86th Congress, lst Session authorized modification of the existing project. This modification provides for an auxiliary channel 12-by 125-feet from the Intracoastal Waterway (mile 37.2) generally parallel to and west of Bayou Lafourche along Grand Bayou Blue to Bayou Lafourche below the highway bridge at Leeville, thence in the bayou to the 12 foot depth contour in the Gulf of Mexico; a channel 9-by 100-feet in Bayou Lafourche from Leeville to the lower limits of Golden Meadow restoring and extending the existing jetties at Belle Pass from the 6- to the 12-foot depth if found advisable to reduce maintenance; and dredging a 12-by 125-foot channel from Bayou Lafourche at Leeville through the Southwestern Louisiana Canal to and through Bayou Rigaud (Grand Isle).

The reach of Bayou Lafourche between Thibodaux and the head of the bayou at Donaldsonville authorized by Act of 30 Aug 1935, has been deauthorized under Public Law 90-149 approved 22 Nov 1967.

Purpose
To meet the needs of established and prospective navigation.

Physical Data
Range of tide normal, 10 inches at mouth and 3 inches at head; severe rains, 3 to 10 feet at head; hurricane up to 10 feet at mouth.

Progress of Work
Dredging between Lockport and Larose was completed to 9-by 100-foot dimensions in 1936 as part of the G.I.W.W. Dredging between Larose and the Gulf of Mexico and Jetties at Belle Pass was completed in 1934. Dredging between Lockport and Thibodaux, La. is in inactive status due to lack of rights-of-way and dredged material disposal area.

Dredging Bayou Lafourche from Leeville to Gulf of Mexico (12' x 125') was completed 11 September 1963.

Dredging Bayou Lafourche from Leeville to Golden Meadow (91 x 100') was initiated on 21 June 1966, and completed 25 August 1966.

Dredging of Lafourche Auxiliary Channel will be initiated contingent upon availability of right-of- way and funds.

Lafourche Jump Waterway: The uncompleted portion from mile 0 to 4.6 has been de-authorized as of 1 January 1990.
Act of 14 July 1960 is 13% complete.

The Greater Lafourche Port Commission requested and was granted a permit to dredge a new channel 20 by 300 feet wide west of the existing channel from mile 0.76 in Bayou Lafourche to the 20-foot depth in the Gulf, and to close the existing jettied channel after completion of the new channel. This work was completed in March 1968 and the Port Commission must maintain the channel at no less than 12 by 125 feet.

Total project as modified is 20.9% complete.

Cost
$1,624,424

Last Revised: 1995

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Bayous La Loutre, St. Malo and Yscloskey, LA

BAYOUS LA LOUTRE, ST. MALO AND YSCLOSKEY, LOUISIANA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 JUNE 1974

Project
River and Harbor Act of 26 August 1937, modified 2 March 1945, provides for a channel 5- by 40-feet from deep water in Lake Borgne to the shore line at the mouth of Bayou Yscloskey; a channel 6- by 40-feet from deep water in Lake Borgne through Bayous St. Malo, La Loutre and Eloi to deep water in Lake Eloi; a channel 5- by 30-feet in Bayou la Loutre between Hopedale and Bayou St. Malo. Length of improvements, 30 miles.

Purpose
This 30-mile project has been used by oil companies as a safe, inland route for transporting crude oil, drilling equipment and personnel. The channels are, however, presently used mainly by commercial trappers and fishermen en route to Lake Borgne, Chandeleur Sound, and intervening waterways and marsh areas. Excellent commercial launching and boat rental facilities are available in the area, further enhancing its recreational potential.

Physical Data
Normal range of tide, 1 foot; hurricane, 6 feet.

Progress of Work
All construction completed 19 May 1956.

Cost
$96,916

Last Revised: 1993

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Bayou Plaquemine Brule, LA

BAYOU PLAQUEMINE BRULE', LOUISIANA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 JUNE 1989

Project
Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of 25 June 1910 and provides for a 6 by 60 foot channel from mouth of Bayou Plaquemine Brule' to mile 19, near Crowley, Louisiana.

Purpose
The Bayou Plaquemine Brule' project channel has made the bayou suitable for commercial purposes and open to navigation. In recent years the channel has been straightened for flood control.

Physical Data
Normal range of tide, 2 to 4 inches at mouth and 0 at head; floods, about 10 feet.

Progress of Work
Completed in 1915. An unfavorable report was made in June 1961. No further work is anticipated.

Progress of Work
100% complete.

Cost
$ 33,410

Last Revised: 1993

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Bayou Queue de Tortue, LA

BAYOU QUEUE DE TORTUE, LA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1985

Project
Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 25, 1912, provides for removal of obstructions from Mouth to Southern Pacific R.R. bridge at Riceville, La. and dredging 10 cut-offs. Length of improvement 14 miles. The stream is 50 to 110 feet wide. No dimensions specified for cut-offs.

Purpose
The purpose of the project is flood control. The project is to provide for removal of obstructions from Mouth to Southern Pacific R.R. bridge at Riceville, La. and dredging 10 cut-offs.

Physical Data
Normal range of tide, 5 to 10 inches at mouth; floods, about 6 feet.

Progress of Work
Completed March 12, 1923

Status:
100% complete
Cost
$33,355

Last Revised: 1993 

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Bayou Segnette Waterway, LA

BAYOU SEGNETTE WATERWAY, LOUISIANA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 JUNE 1983

Project
River and Harbor Act of 3 September 1954 provides for a channel 9 feet deep and 60 feet wide at mean low Gulf from Company Canal at Westwego, La. to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway via Bayou Segnette, a land cut, and Bayou Villars. Length of improvement 12.2 miles.

Purpose
The Bayou Segnette Waterway project channel, 12.2 miles long, affords a shorter and more direct route for navigation, such as for the larger and modern fishing and shrimping boats to the packing and canning industries.

Range of Tide
0 to 0.5 feet.

Progress of Work
An interim channel 6- by 80-feet consisting of a new land cut along the eastern shore of Lake Salvador from mile 0 at the G.I.W.W. to mile 6.4, thence enlargement and realignment of Bayou Segnette from mile 6.4 to mile 12.2 at Company Canal was completed in June 1957. Completion of the channel to authorized project dimensions will be accomplished when in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers, it is found to be economically advisable and adequate right-of-way is provided by local interest.

Status
63% complete.

Cost
$238,828

Last Revised: 1997

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Bayou Teche, LA

BAYOU TECHE, LOUISIANA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 JUNE 1974

Project
River and Harbor Act 26 June 1934 and prior River and Harbor Acts provide for dredging a channel 8- by 80-feet from mouth (at Lower Atchafalaya River) to New Iberia, 54.5 miles; thence 6- by 60-feet to Keystone Lock, 17.5 miles; thence 6- by 50-feet to Arnaudville, 34.5 miles; and for constructing lock, dam and regulating works. Length of improvement 106.5 miles. Under the FCMR&T project, 45 foot wide flood gates (East and West Calumet Floodgates) have been provided in the Wax Lake outlet levees where they cross Bayou Teche.

Purpose
The purpose of the project is to provide an adequate channel for the existing commerce.

Physical Data
Range of tide normal, 10 inches at mouth; 4 inches just below Keystone lock; extreme, 12 inches at mouth; 6 inches just below Keystone lock; and zero above lock. Due to freshets, 4 to 5 feet at mouth; 12 to 15 feet just below Keystone lock, and 2 to 7 feet above Keystone lock.

Progress of Work
Keystone Lock and Dam (36 feet wide and 160 feet long with a depth of 8 feet over the sills) completed in 1913: 6- by 50-foot channel from Arnaudville to Keystone Lock completed in 1916 and from Keystone Lock to mile 39.7, a previous project for a 6- by 50-foot channel was completed in 1920; 8- by 80-foot channel from New Iberia to the mouth is 98 percent complete. The widening of channel to bottom width of 80 feet from mile 50.06 to New Iberia and to bottom width of 60 feet from New Iberia to Keystone Lock is required to complete project.

Keystone Lock pool level was raised 1.5 feet above the dam and completed 27 March 1957.

The East and West Calumet Floodgates, constructed with FCMR&T funds were completed 22 September 1950 and 12 July 1950, respectively, at a cost of $1,320,000.

The project is 66% complete.

Cost
$ 45,704 - Previous Project
708,626 - Act of 26 June 1934

Total $754,330

Last Revised:1993

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Bayou Teche and Vermilion River, LA

BAYOU TECHE AND VERMILION RIVER, LOUISIANA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 JUNE 1974

Project
The Flood Control Act of 18 August 1941 provided for the following improvements in Bayou Teche and Vermilion River: A new channel 8- by 80-feet from the 8 foot contour in Vermilion Bay to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway; a navigable channel 9- by 100-feet from the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway to the head of navigation (mile 52) at Lafayette, La., for navigation and flood control (in this section the flood requirements exceed the 9- by 100-foot channel from the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway to mile 17.5) improvement of the non-navigable channels of Vermilion River and Bayou Fusilier from Lafayette, La.to Bayou Teche (mile 79); channel enlargement in Bayou Teche from 2 miles below Arnaudville to Port Barre, La.; an increase in the pool elevation above Keystone Dam from 8 to 11 feet Mean Low Gulf (later revised to 9.5 feet) by the addition of movable crest gates on the existing dam; and the construction of a suitable control works in Ruth Canal by local interests.

In connection with these improvements, the project also provides for the replacement of an existing pontoon bridge at Woodlawn over Vermilion River with a vertical lift structure, and the lengthening and strengthening of approaches to five existing movable bridges over Vermilion River below Lafayette, La., and to eleven fixed spans over Vermilion River above Lafayette, La., and to three fixed spans over upper Bayou Teche.

The project was reclassified as an "Operation and Maintenance General" project under the category "Navigation (locks, dams, reservoirs and canals)" by authority of the Office, Chief of Engineers, in lst Indorsement, 23 April 1956, on letter of the Division Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer Division, Lower Mississippi Valley, 6 March 1956, subject, "Classification of the Mermentau River and Bayou Teche and Vermilion River, Operation and Maintenance, General Projects."

Purpose
To provide for improved navigation from Lafayette to the 8 foot contour in Vermilion Bay and improve flood control from Port Barre to the Vermilion Bay via Bayou Teche, Bayou Fusilier and Vermilion River.

Physical Data
Normal range of tide, 1.1 feet in Vermilion Bay, under ordinary conditions, and 7 or 8 feet due to hurricanes.

Cost
$2,891,922

Last Revised: 1993

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Bayou Terrebonne, LA

BAYOU TERREBONNE, LA.
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 JUNE 1974

Project
Authorized by River and Harbor Act of 4 March 1913 and prior R. & H. Acts. Provides for a channel 6 feet deep and of suitable width from Bush Canal, (mile 12.9 from mouth of Bayou), to St. Louis Cypress Company bridge at Houma. Length of improvement 24.1 miles. The project channel, west of Barrow Street in Houma, La., was abandoned by River and Harbor Act of 8 September 1959.

Purpose
The purpose of the project was to provide navigation from Houma, La. to Bush Canal.

Physical Data
Range of tide normal, 10 inches at mouth and 4 inches at Houma; extreme, 14 inches at mouth and 6 inches at Houma; wind and tide 1 to 3 feet at mouth; flood 3 to 4 feet in upper section.

Progress of Work
Completed in 1916.

Cost
$120,089

Last Revised: 1993

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Bayou Vermilion, LA

BAYOU VERMILION, LA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 JUNE 1974

Project
River and Harbor Act of 13 July 1892, provides for a channel 5.5 feet in depth (no width specified) at M.L.G. from Vermilion Bay to the Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge at Lafayette. Length of improvement, 51 miles.

A navigation channel 8 feet deep by 80 feet wide from Vermilion Bay to the G.I.W.W. and 9 feet deep by 100 feet wide from the G.I.W.W. to Lafayette, La. has been provided under authority of the Flood Control Act of 18 August 1941. These new dimensions supplant the R&H Act of 1892.
See Bayou Teche and Vermilion River, LA.

Purpose
The purpose of the project was to provide a navigation channel from Vermilion Bay to Lafayette, Louisiana.

Physical Data
Normal tides at mouth vary from 10 to 14 inches. 8 to 10 feet due to hurricane tides at mouth and floods in upper reaches.

Progress of Work
100% complete in year of 1896.

Cost
$34,900

Last Revision: 1993

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Berwick Bay Bridge, LA (Truman-Hobbs Act)

BERWICK BAY BRIDGE, LA
TRUMAN-HOBBS ACT
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 JUNE 1974

Project
Existing project of Bridge Alteration Act approved 21 June 1940, Public Law 647-76/3 (Truman- Hobbs Act) as amended 16 July 1952 by Public Law 564-82/2. To provide a vertical lift opening near the center of the channel with a vertical clearance of 73 feet and a horizontal clearance of about 322 feet.

Purpose
The project provides a vertical lift opening near the center of the channel to replace former bridge which was a low level swing-span. This alteration provides adequate clearance which promotes safer navigation.

Progress of Work
The bridge owner is required to alter the bridge and assume an apportionment of the total cost under the existing project.

Detailed plans and specifications were completed and bids opened 1 November 1967.

Public Law 89-670 transferred bridge alterations to Department of Transportation and assigned to U.S. Coast Guard.

By letter 19 December 1967 to Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, D. C., the Corps of Engineers transferred all papers on this project and concurred in recommendation of SP railroad that award of work be made to Massman Construction Company.

Cost
$2,973

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Big Pigeon and Little Pigeon Bayous, LA

BIG PIGEON AND LITTLE PIGEON BAYOUS, LA.
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 JUNE 1974

Project
River and Harbor Act of 13 July 1892, and subsequent acts, authorized the use of funds for maintenance. The project provides for the removal of obstructions in Big Pigeon and Little Pigeon Bayous throughout their entire lengths.

Purpose
The purpose of the project was to provide an adequate channel for the existing commerce.

Range of Tide
Not Applicable
Variations of water surface due to local rains and floods, 3 to 10 ft.

Progress of Work
Obstructions were removed in 1934. The project has been classified inactive.

Status
Abandonment of project recommended in H. D. 1692, 64th Congress, 2d Session and H. D. 467, 69th Congress, lst Session.

Cost
$37,669.20

Last Revised: 1993

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Calcasieu River at Coon Island, LA

CALCASIEU RIVER AND PASS, LA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1989

Project
River and Harbor Act of 24 July 1946 House Document 190, 79th Congress, 2nd Session and prior River and Harbor Acts, provide for a channel 35 feet deep and 250 feet wide from the wharves of the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District (including the Loop around Clooney Island) to the Gulf of Mexico, via Calcasieu Lake and through Calcasieu Pass, a Channel 35 to 37 feet deep and 250 feet wide between the jetties, and an approach channel 37 feet deep and 400 feet wide seaward to the 37 foot depth in the Gulf of Mexico; the reconstruction and extension of improvement of the river from Lake Charles to Phillips Bluff by removing logs, snags, overhanging trees and by dredging. Total length of improvement is approximately 102.1 miles.

River and Harbor Act of 14 July 1960 House Document 436, 86th Congress, 2nd Session provides for an approach channel having a depth of 42 feet below mean low Gulf level over a bottom width of 800 feet from the 42 foot depth in the Gulf of Mexico to the jettied channel; a channel between the jetties varying in depth from 42 to 40 feet at the seaward end and shoreline, respectively; over a bottom width of 400 feet; a channel 40 feet deep over a bottom width of 400 feet from the shoreline mile 0, to the wharves of the port of Lake Charles mile 34.1; enlargement of the existing turning basin at mile 29.6 to a depth of 40 feet; and a mooring basin about mile 3 having a width of 350 feet, a length of 2,000 feet, and a depth of 40 feet; extension of the existing ship channel at a depth of 35 feet below mean low Gulf level over a bottom width of 250 from the wharves of the Port of Lake Charles, mile 34.1, to the vicinity of the bridge on U.S. Highway No. 90, mile 36.0, and a turning basin of the same depth at the upper end having a width of 750 feet and a length of 1,000 feet; and maintenance of the existing channel 12 feet deep and 200 feet wide from the ship channel to Cameron, Louisiana, via the old channel of the Calcasieu River.

River and Harbor Act of 23 October 1962 House Document 582, 87th Congress, 2nd Session provides for a salt water barrier structure with five 40 foot tainter gates in a new bypass channel; a parallel channel with navigation structure and a single sector type gate, an earth closure dam, and a woven lumber type revetment.
The Senate Public Works Committee on 27 December 1970, and the House Public Works Committee on 15 December 1970 adopted resolutions approving the project at Devil's Elbow under the provisions of Section 201 of the Flood Control Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-296; S.D. 91-111). The project is located in Calcasieu Parish in the vicinity of Lake Charles, Louisiana. The plan of improvement consists of enlarging 2.3 miles of the existing industrial channel to a 40 foot depth over a bottom width of 400 feet, a 1/2 mile eastward extension of the enlarged channel, and the construction of a 1,200 foot by 1,400 foot turning basin south of the extended channel at its landward end.
The Calcasieu River at Coon Island, Louisiana project was authorized by the Secretary of the Army under Section 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960, as amended by Section 310 and Section 112 of the River and Harbor Acts of 1965 and 1970, respectively. The project consists of deepening and widening to -40 feet by 200 feet for a distance of 6,943 feet, the existing turning basin to -40 feet by 750 feet by 1,000 feet.

Purpose
To improve navigation from Gulf of Mexico to Lake Charles Harbor and prevent salt water intrusion.

Physical Data
Under ordinary conditions, the mean range of tide is 10 inches at mouth, diminishing to zero at Phillips Bluff; the extreme range being 14 inches and zero, respectively.

Progress of Work
Completed above Lake Charles in 1906. Dredging under R&H; Act of 26 August 1937 was completed in 1941.

ACT 24 JULY 1946
Dredging under R&H; Acts of 2 March 1945 and 24 July 1946 was completed 25 April 1953. The jetty structure is considered complete unless at a later date it is found necessary to extend the jetties seaward to the 15 foot depth contour, as provided for in the project. Construction of a mooring basin at mile 3.0 was completed in 1952 and a turning basin at mile 29.6 was completed in July 1957.

ACT 14 JULY 1960
[Sheet 1-7(1)]
Construction under modification of 14 July 1960, initiated 7 April 1962, is 100% complete with 57.7 miles of project channel complete (11 October 1968).

ACT 23 OCTOBER 1962
[Sheet 1-7(2)]
Construction of 3,463 linear feet of board revetment at mile 43.5-L was initiated 26 April 1965 and completed 5 August 1965.
Construction of 1,200 linear feet of board mattress revetment at mile 38.6-L was initiated 22 June 1972 and completed 26 August 1972.
Contract for construction of Calcasieu River saltwater barrier control structure and closure dam was awarded 28 May 1965 with initiation of construction 2 July 1965 and is 100% complete (3 January 1968).
The project modification is approximately 100% complete.

RESOLUTIONS OF 15 & 17 DECEMBER 1970
[Sheet 1-7(3)]
A contract for initial construction on the Devil's Elbow Industrial Channel was awarded 29 June 1976.
Dredged Material Disposal

Fish and wildlife interests have objected to the authorized plan of dredged material disposal between miles 5.0 and 9.2, where the channel crosses Calcasieu Lake. In coordination with State and Federal wildlife agencies, studies are being made to modify and improve the plan of disposal in this reach.
Section 107 of R&H; Act 1960 as amended Section 310 R&H; Act of 1965 and Section 112 R&H; Act 1970 [Sheet 1-7(4)]
Construction was initiated 16 July 1973 and completed 19 April 1974.

Cost
$ 495,914 Act Of 24 July 1946
107,837 Code 820
27,311,396 Act of 14 July 1960
5,851,244 Act of 23 October 1962
202,700 Resolutions of 15 & 17 December 1970
949,814 1-7(4)
66,000 Contributed funds
5,490,740 1-7(3)
798,000 Contributed Funds

Total: $ 41,273,645

Last Revised 1993

Map
Calcasieu River at Devil's Elbow, LA

Project
River and Harbor Act of 24 July 1946 House Document 190, 79th Congress, 2nd Session and prior River and Harbor Acts, provide for a channel 35 feet deep and 250 feet wide from the wharves of the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District (including the Loop around Clooney Island) to the Gulf of Mexico, via Calcasieu Lake and through Calcasieu Pass, a Channel 35 to 37 feet deep and 250 feet wide between the jetties, and an approach channel 37 feet deep and 400 feet wide seaward to the 37 foot depth in the Gulf of Mexico; the reconstruction and extension of improvement of the river from Lake Charles to Phillips Bluff by removing logs, snags, overhanging trees and by dredging. Total length of improvement is approximately 102.1 miles.

River and Harbor Act of 14 July 1960 House Document 436, 86th Congress, 2nd Session provides for an approach channel having a depth of 42 feet below mean low Gulf level over a bottom width of 800 feet from the 42 foot depth in the Gulf of Mexico to the jettied channel; a channel between the jetties varying in depth from 42 to 40 feet at the seaward end and shoreline, respectively; over a bottom width of 400 feet; a channel 40 feet deep over a bottom width of 400 feet from the shoreline mile 0, to the wharves of the port of Lake Charles mile 34.1; enlargement of the existing turning basin at mile 29.6 to a depth of 40 feet; and a mooring basin about mile 3 having a width of 350 feet, a length of 2,000 feet, and a depth of 40 feet; extension of the existing ship channel at a depth of 35 feet below mean low Gulf level over a bottom width of 250 from the wharves of the Port of Lake Charles, mile 34.1, to the vicinity of the bridge on U.S. Highway No. 90, mile 36.0, and a turning basin of the same depth at the upper end having a width of 750 feet and a length of 1,000 feet; and maintenance of the existing channel 12 feet deep and 200 feet wide from the ship channel to Cameron, Louisiana, via the old channel of the Calcasieu River.

River and Harbor Act of 23 October 1962 House Document 582, 87th Congress, 2nd Session provides for a salt water barrier structure with five 40 foot tainter gates in a new bypass channel; a parallel channel with navigation structure and a single sector type gate, an earth closure dam, and a woven lumber type revetment.
The Senate Public Works Committee on 27 December 1970, and the House Public Works Committee on 15 December 1970 adopted resolutions approving the project at Devil's Elbow under the provisions of Section 201 of the Flood Control Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-296; S.D. 91-111). The project is located in Calcasieu Parish in the vicinity of Lake Charles, Louisiana. The plan of improvement consists of enlarging 2.3 miles of the existing industrial channel to a 40 foot depth over a bottom width of 400 feet, a 1/2 mile eastward extension of the enlarged channel, and the construction of a 1,200 foot by 1,400 foot turning basin south of the extended channel at its landward end.
The Calcasieu River at Coon Island, Louisiana project was authorized by the Secretary of the Army under Section 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960, as amended by Section 310 and Section 112 of the River and Harbor Acts of 1965 and 1970, respectively. The project consists of deepening and widening to -40 feet by 200 feet for a distance of 6,943 feet, the existing turning basin to -40 feet by 750 feet by 1,000 feet.

Purpose
To improve navigation from Gulf of Mexico to Lake Charles Harbor and prevent salt water intrusion.

Physical Data
Under ordinary conditions, the mean range of tide is 10 inches at mouth, diminishing to zero at Phillips Bluff; the extreme range being 14 inches and zero, respectively.

Progress of Work
Completed above Lake Charles in 1906. Dredging under R&H; Act of 26 August 1937 was completed in 1941.

ACT 24 JULY 1946
Dredging under R&H; Acts of 2 March 1945 and 24 July 1946 was completed 25 April 1953. The jetty structure is considered complete unless at a later date it is found necessary to extend the jetties seaward to the 15 foot depth contour, as provided for in the project. Construction of a mooring basin at mile 3.0 was completed in 1952 and a turning basin at mile 29.6 was completed in July 1957.

ACT 14 JULY 1960
[Sheet 1-7(1)]
Construction under modification of 14 July 1960, initiated 7 April 1962, is 100% complete with 57.7 miles of project channel complete (11 October 1968).

ACT 23 OCTOBER 1962
[Sheet 1-7(2)]
Construction of 3,463 linear feet of board revetment at mile 43.5-L was initiated 26 April 1965 and completed 5 August 1965.
Construction of 1,200 linear feet of board mattress revetment at mile 38.6-L was initiated 22 June 1972 and completed 26 August 1972.
Contract for construction of Calcasieu River saltwater barrier control structure and closure dam was awarded 28 May 1965 with initiation of construction 2 July 1965 and is 100% complete (3 January 1968).
The project modification is approximately 100% complete.

RESOLUTIONS OF 15 & 17 DECEMBER 1970
[Sheet 1-7(3)]
A contract for initial construction on the Devil's Elbow Industrial Channel was awarded 29 June 1976.
Dredged Material Disposal

Fish and wildlife interests have objected to the authorized plan of dredged material disposal between miles 5.0 and 9.2, where the channel crosses Calcasieu Lake. In coordination with State and Federal wildlife agencies, studies are being made to modify and improve the plan of disposal in this reach.
Section 107 of R&H; Act 1960 as amended Section 310 R&H; Act of 1965 and Section 112 R&H; Act 1970 [Sheet 1-7(4)]
Construction was initiated 16 July 1973 and completed 19 April 1974.

Cost
$ 495,914 Act Of 24 July 1946
107,837 Code 820
27,311,396 Act of 14 July 1960
5,851,244 Act of 23 October 1962
202,700 Resolutions of 15 & 17 December 1970
949,814 1-7(4)
66,000 Contributed funds
5,490,740 1-7(3)
798,000 Contributed Funds

Total: $ 41,273,645

Last Revised 1993

Map
Calcasieu River and Pass, LA

CALCASIEU RIVER AND PASS, LA 
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1989

Project
River and Harbor Act of 24 July 1946 House Document 190, 79th Congress, 2nd Session and prior River and Harbor Acts, provide for a channel 35 feet deep and 250 feet wide from the wharves of the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District (including the Loop around Clooney Island) to the Gulf of Mexico, via Calcasieu Lake and through Calcasieu Pass, a Channel 35 to 37 feet deep and 250 feet wide between the jetties, and an approach channel 37 feet deep and 400 feet wide seaward to the 37 foot depth in the Gulf of Mexico; the reconstruction and extension of improvement of the river from Lake Charles to Phillips Bluff by removing logs, snags, overhanging trees and by dredging. Total length of improvement is approximately 102.1 miles.

River and Harbor Act of 14 July 1960 House Document 436, 86th Congress, 2nd Session provides for an approach channel having a depth of 42 feet below mean low Gulf level over a bottom width of 800 feet from the 42 foot depth in the Gulf of Mexico to the jettied channel; a channel between the jetties varying in depth from 42 to 40 feet at the seaward end and shoreline, respectively; over a bottom width of 400 feet; a channel 40 feet deep over a bottom width of 400 feet from the shoreline mile 0, to the wharves of the port of Lake Charles mile 34.1; enlargement of the existing turning basin at mile 29.6 to a depth of 40 feet; and a mooring basin about mile 3 having a width of 350 feet, a length of 2,000 feet, and a depth of 40 feet; extension of the existing ship channel at a depth of 35 feet below mean low Gulf level over a bottom width of 250 from the wharves of the Port of Lake Charles, mile 34.1, to the vicinity of the bridge on U.S. Highway No. 90, mile 36.0, and a turning basin of the same depth at the upper end having a width of 750 feet and a length of 1,000 feet; and maintenance of the existing channel 12 feet deep and 200 feet wide from the ship channel to Cameron, Louisiana, via the old channel of the Calcasieu River.

River and Harbor Act of 23 October 1962 House Document 582, 87th Congress, 2nd Session provides for a salt water barrier structure with five 40 foot tainter gates in a new bypass channel; a parallel channel with navigation structure and a single sector type gate, an earth closure dam, and a woven lumber type revetment.
The Senate Public Works Committee on 27 December 1970, and the House Public Works Committee on 15 December 1970 adopted resolutions approving the project at Devil's Elbow under the provisions of Section 201 of the Flood Control Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-296; S.D. 91-111). The project is located in Calcasieu Parish in the vicinity of Lake Charles, Louisiana. The plan of improvement consists of enlarging 2.3 miles of the existing industrial channel to a 40 foot depth over a bottom width of 400 feet, a 1/2 mile eastward extension of the enlarged channel, and the construction of a 1,200 foot by 1,400 foot turning basin south of the extended channel at its landward end.
The Calcasieu River at Coon Island, Louisiana project was authorized by the Secretary of the Army under Section 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960, as amended by Section 310 and Section 112 of the River and Harbor Acts of 1965 and 1970, respectively. The project consists of deepening and widening to -40 feet by 200 feet for a distance of 6,943 feet, the existing turning basin to -40 feet by 750 feet by 1,000 feet.

Purpose
To improve navigation from Gulf of Mexico to Lake Charles Harbor and prevent salt water intrusion.

Physical Data
Under ordinary conditions, the mean range of tide is 10 inches at mouth, diminishing to zero at Phillips Bluff; the extreme range being 14 inches and zero, respectively.

Progress of Work
Completed above Lake Charles in 1906. Dredging under R&H; Act of 26 August 1937 was completed in 1941.

ACT 24 JULY 1946
Dredging under R&H; Acts of 2 March 1945 and 24 July 1946 was completed 25 April 1953. The jetty structure is considered complete unless at a later date it is found necessary to extend the jetties seaward to the 15 foot depth contour, as provided for in the project. Construction of a mooring basin at mile 3.0 was completed in 1952 and a turning basin at mile 29.6 was completed in July 1957.

ACT 14 JULY 1960
[Sheet 1-7(1)]
Construction under modification of 14 July 1960, initiated 7 April 1962, is 100% complete with 57.7 miles of project channel complete (11 October 1968).

ACT 23 OCTOBER 1962
[Sheet 1-7(2)]
Construction of 3,463 linear feet of board revetment at mile 43.5-L was initiated 26 April 1965 and completed 5 August 1965.
Construction of 1,200 linear feet of board mattress revetment at mile 38.6-L was initiated 22 June 1972 and completed 26 August 1972.
Contract for construction of Calcasieu River saltwater barrier control structure and closure dam was awarded 28 May 1965 with initiation of construction 2 July 1965 and is 100% complete (3 January 1968).
The project modification is approximately 100% complete.

RESOLUTIONS OF 15 & 17 DECEMBER 1970
[Sheet 1-7(3)]
A contract for initial construction on the Devil's Elbow Industrial Channel was awarded 29 June 1976.
Dredged Material Disposal

Fish and wildlife interests have objected to the authorized plan of dredged material disposal between miles 5.0 and 9.2, where the channel crosses Calcasieu Lake. In coordination with State and Federal wildlife agencies, studies are being made to modify and improve the plan of disposal in this reach.
Section 107 of R&H; Act 1960 as amended Section 310 R&H; Act of 1965 and Section 112 R&H; Act 1970 [Sheet 1-7(4)]
Construction was initiated 16 July 1973 and completed 19 April 1974.

Cost
$ 495,914 Act Of 24 July 1946
107,837 Code 820
27,311,396 Act of 14 July 1960
5,851,244 Act of 23 October 1962
202,700 Resolutions of 15 & 17 December 1970
949,814 1-7(4)
66,000 Contributed funds
5,490,740 1-7(3)
798,000 Contributed Funds

Total: $ 41,273,645

Last Revised 1993

Map
Calcasieu River Salt Water Barrier, LA

CALCASIEU RIVER AND PASS, LA 
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1989

Project
River and Harbor Act of 24 July 1946 House Document 190, 79th Congress, 2nd Session and prior River and Harbor Acts, provide for a channel 35 feet deep and 250 feet wide from the wharves of the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District (including the Loop around Clooney Island) to the Gulf of Mexico, via Calcasieu Lake and through Calcasieu Pass, a Channel 35 to 37 feet deep and 250 feet wide between the jetties, and an approach channel 37 feet deep and 400 feet wide seaward to the 37 foot depth in the Gulf of Mexico; the reconstruction and extension of improvement of the river from Lake Charles to Phillips Bluff by removing logs, snags, overhanging trees and by dredging. Total length of improvement is approximately 102.1 miles.

River and Harbor Act of 14 July 1960 House Document 436, 86th Congress, 2nd Session provides for an approach channel having a depth of 42 feet below mean low Gulf level over a bottom width of 800 feet from the 42 foot depth in the Gulf of Mexico to the jettied channel; a channel between the jetties varying in depth from 42 to 40 feet at the seaward end and shoreline, respectively; over a bottom width of 400 feet; a channel 40 feet deep over a bottom width of 400 feet from the shoreline mile 0, to the wharves of the port of Lake Charles mile 34.1; enlargement of the existing turning basin at mile 29.6 to a depth of 40 feet; and a mooring basin about mile 3 having a width of 350 feet, a length of 2,000 feet, and a depth of 40 feet; extension of the existing ship channel at a depth of 35 feet below mean low Gulf level over a bottom width of 250 from the wharves of the Port of Lake Charles, mile 34.1, to the vicinity of the bridge on U.S. Highway No. 90, mile 36.0, and a turning basin of the same depth at the upper end having a width of 750 feet and a length of 1,000 feet; and maintenance of the existing channel 12 feet deep and 200 feet wide from the ship channel to Cameron, Louisiana, via the old channel of the Calcasieu River.

River and Harbor Act of 23 October 1962 House Document 582, 87th Congress, 2nd Session provides for a salt water barrier structure with five 40 foot tainter gates in a new bypass channel; a parallel channel with navigation structure and a single sector type gate, an earth closure dam, and a woven lumber type revetment.
The Senate Public Works Committee on 27 December 1970, and the House Public Works Committee on 15 December 1970 adopted resolutions approving the project at Devil's Elbow under the provisions of Section 201 of the Flood Control Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-296; S.D. 91-111). The project is located in Calcasieu Parish in the vicinity of Lake Charles, Louisiana. The plan of improvement consists of enlarging 2.3 miles of the existing industrial channel to a 40 foot depth over a bottom width of 400 feet, a 1/2 mile eastward extension of the enlarged channel, and the construction of a 1,200 foot by 1,400 foot turning basin south of the extended channel at its landward end.
The Calcasieu River at Coon Island, Louisiana project was authorized by the Secretary of the Army under Section 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960, as amended by Section 310 and Section 112 of the River and Harbor Acts of 1965 and 1970, respectively. The project consists of deepening and widening to -40 feet by 200 feet for a distance of 6,943 feet, the existing turning basin to -40 feet by 750 feet by 1,000 feet.

Purpose
To improve navigation from Gulf of Mexico to Lake Charles Harbor and prevent salt water intrusion.

Physical Data
Under ordinary conditions, the mean range of tide is 10 inches at mouth, diminishing to zero at Phillips Bluff; the extreme range being 14 inches and zero, respectively.

Progress of Work
Completed above Lake Charles in 1906. Dredging under R&H; Act of 26 August 1937 was completed in 1941.

ACT 24 JULY 1946
Dredging under R&H; Acts of 2 March 1945 and 24 July 1946 was completed 25 April 1953. The jetty structure is considered complete unless at a later date it is found necessary to extend the jetties seaward to the 15 foot depth contour, as provided for in the project. Construction of a mooring basin at mile 3.0 was completed in 1952 and a turning basin at mile 29.6 was completed in July 1957.

ACT 14 JULY 1960
[Sheet 1-7(1)]
Construction under modification of 14 July 1960, initiated 7 April 1962, is 100% complete with 57.7 miles of project channel complete (11 October 1968).

ACT 23 OCTOBER 1962
[Sheet 1-7(2)]
Construction of 3,463 linear feet of board revetment at mile 43.5-L was initiated 26 April 1965 and completed 5 August 1965.
Construction of 1,200 linear feet of board mattress revetment at mile 38.6-L was initiated 22 June 1972 and completed 26 August 1972.
Contract for construction of Calcasieu River saltwater barrier control structure and closure dam was awarded 28 May 1965 with initiation of construction 2 July 1965 and is 100% complete (3 January 1968).
The project modification is approximately 100% complete.

RESOLUTIONS OF 15 & 17 DECEMBER 1970
[Sheet 1-7(3)]
A contract for initial construction on the Devil's Elbow Industrial Channel was awarded 29 June 1976.
Dredged Material Disposal

Fish and wildlife interests have objected to the authorized plan of dredged material disposal between miles 5.0 and 9.2, where the channel crosses Calcasieu Lake. In coordination with State and Federal wildlife agencies, studies are being made to modify and improve the plan of disposal in this reach.
Section 107 of R&H; Act 1960 as amended Section 310 R&H; Act of 1965 and Section 112 R&H; Act 1970 [Sheet 1-7(4)]
Construction was initiated 16 July 1973 and completed 19 April 1974.

Cost
$ 495,914 Act Of 24 July 1946
107,837 Code 820
27,311,396 Act of 14 July 1960
5,851,244 Act of 23 October 1962
202,700 Resolutions of 15 & 17 December 1970
949,814 1-7(4)
66,000 Contributed funds
5,490,740 1-7(3)
798,000 Contributed Funds

Total: $ 41,273,645

Last Revised 1993

Map
Expanded Project for Aquatic Plant Control

EXPANDED PROJECT FOR AQUATIC PLANT CONTROL
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1987

Project
The River and Harbor Act of 3 July 1958, House Document 37, 85th Congress, lst session as amended by Act of 23 Oct 1962, Public Law 87-874, 87th Congress, 2nd session, and modification of 1965, Act 27 Oct 1965, Public Law 89-293, 89th Congress, 2nd session authorized a comprehensive project for controlling aquatic vegetation in the United States.

Purpose
To provide for control and progressive eradication of obnoxious aquatic plant growths from navigable waters, tributary streams, connecting channels and other allied waters of the United States in the combined interest of navigation, flood control, drainage, agriculture, fish and wildlife conservation, public health and related purposes; also continued research for development of the most effective and economic control measures.

Progress of Work
The State of Louisiana, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, furnished assurance of local cooperation which was approved and accepted on 24 March 1980. Under provisions of a continuing contract for an indefinite period of time, the local agency will perform work-in-kind approximating 50% of the program.

Most principal waterways and major bodies of water in the State of Louisiana have been brought under control so far as surface aquatic vegetation is concerned. Corps and State operations on this type of vegetation now are of a maintenance nature, with schedules being dictated by conditions and necessity. In 1986-1987, a normal winter kill, low water drying, and normal salt water intrusion into coastal areas have produced increased effective maintenance with better control of water hyacinth and allowed more extensive control operations in additional aquatic areas. The submerged aquatic weed, Hydrilla Verticillata continues to spread and efforts have begun to control this species. The floating fern, Salvinia Minimia, is increasing in acreage and will become a problem soon.

The Corps of Engineers performs control operations in the Lafourche drainage basin, Port Allen- Morgan City Waterway area, Teche drainage basin, and the Vermillion-Mermentau drainage basin. Occasionally, Corps crews are called on to supplement State control operations, which are in the Pontchartrain-Maurepas drainage basin, Atchafalaya drainage basin, Calcasieu drainage basin, Red River drainage basin, northern parts of the Teche drainage basin, and isolated lakes and streams in the northern half of the state. The New Orleans District, through work by the State of Louisiana, has accomplished control operations for the Vickburg District and Galveston District on the Pearl River basin and the Toledo Bend Reservoir, respectively.

A program was initiated in 1980 to treat submerged aquatic weeds in waterways of south Louisiana. This program has been expanded through 1987 to increase acres treated, which are mainly infested with hydrilla. Many waters which were previously clogged with submerged aquatics are now open to navigation.
Operations under 1965 River and Harbor Act were initiated in fiscal year 1968.

Cost
$8,554,780

Last Revised: 1993

Map
Freshwater Bayou, LA

FRESHWATER BAYOU, LA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1985

Project
The River and Harbor Act of 14 July 1960, House Document 435, 86th Congress, 2nd Session, authorized a navigation channel 12 feet deep and 125 feet wide from the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at mile 161.2 west of Harvey Lock to the 12 foot depth contour in the Gulf of Mexico near Freshwater Bayou, with increased width to 250 feet in the Gulf approach as may be found advisable; jetties from the shoreline to the 6-foot depth contour in the Gulf of Mexico, and a lock near the Gulf of Mexico, 84 feet wide, 600 feet long and 16 feet deep.

Purpose
The purpose of this project is to provide a navigation channel from the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at mile 161.2 west of Harvey Lock to the 12 foot depth contour in the Gulf of Mexico near Freshwater Bayou.

Physical Data
It is estimated that under ordinary conditions the mean range of tide at the lock is 13 inches.

Progress of Work
Total project 100% complete, except that construction of jetties to the -6-foot contour will be deferred until the need therefore is justified.

Cost
$ 7,116,224 Federal Funds
16,060 Contributed Funds

Total $7,132,284

Last Revised: 1993

Map
Grand Bayou Pass, LA

GRAND BAYOU PASS, LOUISIANA
CONDITION OF lMPROVEMENT, 30 JUNE 1974

Project
River and Harbor Act of 20 June 1938 provides for a channel 6- by 60-feet through the entrance bar.

Purpose
This project is used by navigation interests as a safe entrance from the Gulf of Mexico to Grand Bayou.

Range of Tide
16 inches to 40 inches due to tides; 6 feet due to hurricane tides.

Progress of Work
Completed in 1939.

Status
100% Complete.

Cost
$7,676

Last Revised: 1993

Map
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway between Apalachee Bay, Florida and Mexican Border (U.S. Army Engineer District, New Orleans)

GULF INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY BETWEEN APALACHEE BAY, FLA.,
AND THE MEXICAN BORDER
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1989

Project
River and Harbor Act of 24 July 1946, Senate Document 242, 79th Congress, 2nd Session, and prior R&H Acts, provide for a waterway 384.1 miles long, 12 feet deep and 125 feet wide at mean low gulf from Lake Borgne Light No. 29 (formerly No. 41), near the mouth of the Rigolets to the Sabine River, Louisiana and Texas, except in the section between Lake Borgne Light No. 29 and New Orleans (33.1 miles long via land cut through the marsh and the Industrial Canal) where a width of 150 feet is provided. An alternate route 40.5 miles long, 9 feet deep by 100 feet wide between Lake Borgne Light No. 29 and New Orleans *via Rigolets, Lake Pontchartrain, and Industrial Canal), an alternate connection with the Mississippi River below Algiers approximately 9 miles long, 12 feet deep and 125 feet wide with a lock (Algiers Lock) at the river end; an alternate route 12 feet deep and 125 feet wide from Morgan City, Louisiana to Port Allen, Louisiana via the East Atchafalaya Basin Protection Levee borrow Pit, Bayou Sorrel Lock (constructed with MR&T funds), Lower Grand River and Bayou Plaquemine to Indian Village thence via Bayou Grosse Tete and new land cut to the Mississippi River passing through a terminal lock in levee at Port Allen opposite Baton Rouge; a channel 9 feet deep and 100 feet wide from Indian Village via Bayou Plaquemine to Plaquemine, Louisiana, improvement of Franklin Canal as a connecting channel from GIWW (mile 121) to Franklin, Louisiana, 8 feet deep by 60 feet wide, with its upper 300 feet having a width of 100 feet. The construction of a lock at Harvey, Louisiana (Harvey Lock), a saltwater guard lock (Leland Bowman Lock) in the waterway at mile 182.8 west of Harvey lock, a saltwater guard lock (Calcasieu Lock) in the waterway at mile 238.5 west of Harvey Lock, and a lock at mile 93.5 (Bayou Boeuf Lock) west of Harvey Lock, constructed under the existing project, "Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries". The project also provides for the following: Widening of bends, passing places, mooring basins, such as railroad and highway bridges over artificial cuts as are necessary; purchase of pipeline dredge; construction and operation of new drainage canals and pumping facilities to restore parish drainage systems where intercepted; construction of a double leaf bascule four-lane highway bridge* with approaches at Louisiana State Highway No. 47; construction of movable bridges at M.P.R.R. and Louisiana State Highway Nos. 23** and 406; fixed trestle bridges for crossing of proposed landside drainage canals, lift bridges at Louisiana State Highway No. 1*** at Port Allen, Louisiana, T&P R.R. at Port Allen, Louisiana, T&P.R.R. at Morley, Louisiana; construction of bulkheads and jetties at Lake Borgne and Chef Menteur, Louisiana, if found necessary, and for annual payments to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans for use of a portion of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal and Lock. The length of waterway within the U.S. Army Engineer District, New Orleans, is 384.1 miles via the northerly or Port Allen route and 299.4 miles via the southerly or Harvey Canal route.

Modification authorized by River and Harbor Act of 23 October 1962, House Document 556, 87th Congress, 2nd Session, provides for a channel 16 feet deep and 150 feet wide from the Mississippi River to Atchafalaya River, via Algiers Canal, except in the vicinity of Houma, La. , (mile 50.5 to 63-5); a by-pass route at Houma; a channel 16 feet deep and 200 feet wide through the reach from Atchafalaya River to the Sabine River; and four highway bridges (United States to contribute 58% of construction costs).
Replacement of the Vermilion Lock under the Provisions of Section 6 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 3 March 1909 was approved by the Secretary of the Army on 16 May 1967 (See Sheet 1-45A).
 
*Construction of this bridge has become unnecessary under this project due to the fact that the portion of the project over which the bridge was to be constructed has been incorporated in the project, "Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet," which provides for a fixed high level bridge. [See Sheet 1-19(2b)]
**In lieu of the bridge at State Highway No. 23, a tunnel was constructed and completed 15 February 1956. Additional cost over estimated cost of bridge was borne by local interests.

***In lieu of a lift bridge at La. State Hwy. No. 1 at Port Allen, a 4-lane fixed bridge was constructed by Department of Highway, State of Louisiana in accordance with Public Law 85- 167, 85th Congress (F.Y. 1958 Appropriation Act) approved 26 August 1957, which contained the following proviso: "Provided further, that not to exceed $3,500,000 of the funds hereinafter provided for the Plaquemine-Morgan City Alternate Route, shall be available for the construction of a 4-lane, high level fixed bridge on Louisiana State highway number 1 (formerly Route No. 167) over the extension of the Plaquemine-Morgan City Route of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in West Baton Rouge Parish Louisiana."

Purpose
To provide an inland waterway for barge traffic.

Physical Data
Range of tide, 10 to 14 inches . A severe storm may cause a high tide of from 6 feet to 9 feet.

Progress of Work
The main stem of the waterway as authorized under R & H Act of 24 July 1946 was completed to a 12-foot depth in 1944.
The remaining work to be done consists of: Enlarging the waterway, as provided by modification authorized 23 October 1962, House Document 556, 87th Congress, 2nd Session and any deferred construction that may be required under agreement for relocation of railroad facilities. The construction of bulkheads and jetties at Lake Borgne and Chef Menteur, La. are no longer necessary. This Feature was reviewed and deauthorized on 2 November 1979 under the Deauthorization Review Program.
The project as modified is 61% complete. Relocation of the waterway at Chef Menteur-Pass was completed in Feb. 1972 and construction of the Leland Bowman Lock (Vermilion Lock replacement) was completed in March 1985.

Cost
$63,284,470

Last Revised: 1993

Map
Houma Navigation Canal, LA

HOUMA NAVIGATION CANAL, LA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1981

Project
River and Harbor Act of 23 October 1962 provides for the maintenance of the Houma Navigation Canal, after its completion by local interests in 1962, to channel dimensions of 15 feet deep and 150 feet wide, at an estimated annual cost of $105,000. Total length of improvement 40.5 miles with 10.0 miles in Terrebonne Bay and 3.9 miles in the Gulf of Mexico.

In accordance with Section 5 of the River and Harbor Act, approved 4 March 1915, authority was granted on 23 August 1973 to increase the Houma Navigation Canal project dimensions to 18 feet by 300 feet between Mile 0 and the minus 18-foot contour in the Gulf of Mexico.

Purpose
To provide for the maintenance of the Houma Navigation Canal.

Physical Data
Normal range of tide, 10 inches at mouth and 4 inches at Houma; extreme, 14 inches at mouth and 6 inches at Houma; wind and tide 1 to 3 feet at mouth, flood 3 to 4 feet in upper section.

Progress of Work
Maintenance by the United States initiated on 27 November 1964.
Enlargement of the Houma Navigation Canal from Mile 0 to the 18-foot contour in the Gulf was completed in July 1974.

Cost
$ 10,787,297

Last Revised: 1993

Map
Inland Waterway from Franklin to the Mermentau River, LA

THE INLAND WATER
FRANKLIN TO MERMENTAU RIVER, LOUISIANA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 JUNE 1989

Project
River and Harbor Acts of 2 March 1907, 3 March 1909, 27 February 1911, 25 July 1912, 2 March 1919 and 26 June 1934, provide for a waterway 5 by 40 feet (M.L.G.) from Bayou Teche at or near Franklin to Mermentau River with locks at Hanson Canal and in Schooner Bayou. Project has been largely superseded by G.I.W.W. and the modified Flood Control Project, Mersentau River, Louisiana, authorized by R&H Act of 24 July 1946. Length of R&H improvement 90 miles approximately.

Purpose
The purpose of the project is to provide a navigation waterway 5 by 40 feet (M.L.G.) from Bayou Teche at or near Franklin to Mermentau River with locks at Hanson Canal and in Schooner Bayou.

Physical Data
Normal range of tide, 10 to 14 inches; hurricane, 6 to 9 feet.

Progress of Work
Hanson Canal and Lock acquired on 16 October 1923 was transferred to the Police Jury of St. Mary Parish on 25 August 1959, Public law 85-837, 85th Congress, 2nd Session, approved 28 August 1958.
Project is 100% complete.

Cost
$ 249,052

Last Revised: 1993

Map
Intracoastal Waterway (5' x 40') Mississippi River to Bayou Teche, LA

INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY (5' x 40') MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO BAYOU TECHE, LA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1980

Project
River and Harbor Act of 2 March 1919 provides for a waterway 115 miles long, 5 feet deep, and 40 feet wide at Mean Low Gulf from the Mississippi River to Bayou Teche, La.

Purpose
The waterway gives a direct route to the west in previously inaccessible areas. Only those sections of the project which are used by navigation are still being maintained.

Physical Data
Normal range of tide, 10 to 14 inches. Variation due to storms 6 to 9 feet.

Progress of Work
Maintenance work performed as required.

This project has not been completed and has been superseded for most of its length by the previous 9- by 100-foot channel and the present 12-by 125-foot channel of Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. See sheets 1-8 and 1-8A .

Cost
$875,000

Last Revised: 1993

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Lake Charles Deep Water Channel, LA

LAKE CHARLES DEEP WATER CHANNEL, LA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 JUNE 1989

Project
Authorized under River and Harbor Acts of 30 August 1935 and 26 August 1937 and provides for the maintenance of channel from Sabine River to Calcasieu River, 30 by 125 feet. Length of improvement, 24.9 miles.

Purpose
To provide a deep water navigation channel from the Port of Lake Charles, Louisiana through the Sabine River, Sabine-Neches Canal, Port Arthur Canal and Sabine Pass to the Gulf of Mexico.

Physical Data
Normal range of tide, 2 to 3 inches; flood flows, 1 to 2 feet.

Progress of Work
Last maintenance dredging 1940. Project is 100% complete.

Status
The 30 by 125 foot deep water channel was not maintained after the original Calcasieu ship channel was completed in 1941 from the Gulf to the Intracoastal Waterway.
This project is presently maintained to 12' x 125' as part of the GIWW.

Last Revised: 1993

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Little Caillou Bayou, LA

LITTLE CAILLOU BAYOU, LA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 JUNE 1974

Project
River and Harbor Act of 21 January 1927 provides for a channel 5- by 40- feet from Bayou Terrebonne to Robinson Canal. Length of improvement 20 miles.

Purpose
With navigation as its primary purpose, the 20 miles of improvement provided for in the Little Caillou Bayou project produces easy accessibility for the heavy commercial tonnage in the area.

Physical Data
Normal range of tide, 3 to 6 inches; wind, one foot.

Progress of Work
100% complete in 1929.

COST
$77,761

Last Revised: 1997

Map
Mermentau River, Bayou Nezpique and Bayou des Cannes, LA

MERMENTAU RIVER, BAYOUS NEZPIQUE AND DES CANNES, LA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1995

Project
Authorized under River and Harbor Act 1982 and modified in 1916, 1919, House Document 36, 72nd Congress, 30 August 1935, House Document 239, 89th Congress, lst Session, 27 October 1965, provides for removal of obstructions in entire Mermentau River; improving channel in Lower Mud Lake by dredging, constructing training dike, removal of wrecked dam near mouth; a 12-by 125-foot channel, through cutoffs, from the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway to south end of Lake Arthur, from north end of Lake Arthur to the mouth of Bayou Nezpique; from the mouth of Bayou Nezpique to Interstate Highway 10; from the mouth of Bayous Des Cannes to Interstate Highway 10; a 12-by 200-foot channel in Lake Arthur; replacement of existing Lake Arthur highway bridge over Mermentau River having adequate vertical and horizontal clearances for navigation; removal of obstructions in Bayou Nezpique from Interstate Highway 10 to mile 25 and in Bayou Des Cannes from Interstate Highway 10 to mile 8.5. The 12'x 125' channel between the GIWW and the South end of Lake Arthur; and the 12' x 200' channel in Lake Arthur was deauthorized in July 95.

[See Sheet 1-40A] ) for Mermentau River project from mile 0 to mile 25.0.

Purpose
The purpose of the project is to provide a straighter and, in some locations, a larger channel allowing tows of present size to traverse the waterways safely at a higher speed, thus reducing the existing and prospective transportation costs.

Physical Data
Range of tide normal, 10 inches at mouth and 3 inches at head; extreme, 14 inches at mouth and 5 inches at head; hurricane, 7 to 8 feet at mouth; freshets, 8 to 12 feet at head; mouth of Bayous Nezpique and Des Cannes, 3 inches and zero at head.

Progress of Work
The removal of obstructions was completed in 1917. The 9 x 100 foot channel was completed in 1935. Snagging and clearing between mile 4.5 and mile 8.5 was completed in FY 1949. The 12' x 125' channel above Lake Arthur was completed in 1977. No construction has been initiated on the remaining portion of the project, which have been reclassified as inactive based on a 1981 economic reanalysis.

Under the Act of 27 October 1965, a reimbursable contract was signed on 27 December 1971 with the State of Louisiana, Department of Highways for replacement of the existing Mermentau River Bridge at Lake Arthur, Abbeville Highway, La., Route 14 with a new bridge. Construction of the new bridge was initiated 15 May 72 and was completed in April 1975.

Cost
          $   57,555   30 Jun 1935 
             750,800   Seven Cutoffs 
           4,715,182   Bridge Replacement includes $806,296 - State of Louisiana funds 
           
Total     $5,523,537

Last Revised: 1995

Map
Mermentau River, LA

MERMENTAU RIVER, LOUISIANA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1981

Project
Authorized by Flood Control Act of 18 August 1941, as modified by River and Harbor Act of 24 July 1946. Act provides for enlargement of the lower Mermentau River below Grand Lake to a minimum cross-sectional area of 3,000 square feet below Mean Low Gulf for discharge of flood flows; construction of a sector gated control structure in Mermentau River at Catfish Point, mile 24; channel enlargement and realignment of the Inland Waterway from Vermilion Bay to Grand Lake to provide a minimum cross-sectional area of 3,000 square feet below Mean Low Gulf for discharge of flood flows and interflow between lakes; construction of a sector gated control structure in the enlarged channel near Schooner Bayou Lock; enlargement of the North Prong of Schooner Bayou and Schooner Bayou Cut-Off to a channel 6- by 60-feet at Mean Low Gulf level for navigation purposes. The Act further provides for incorporation into the Mermentau River, La. Project, the existing projects: "Waterway from White Lake to Pecan Island, La." and that part of the "Inland Waterway from Franklin, La. to the Mermentau River," west of Vermilion Bay. The Waterway from "White Lake to Pecan Island" consists of a channel 5- by 40- feet at Mean Low Gulf level.

The project was reclassified as an "Operation and Maintenance, General" project under the category, "Navigation (locks, dams, reservoirs and canals)" by authority of the Office , Chief of Engineers, in lst Indorsement, 23 April 1956, on letter of the Division Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer Division, Lower Mississippi Valley, 6 March 1956, subject, "Classification of the Mermentau River and Bayou Teche and Vermilion River, Operation and Maintenance, General Projects."

The Mermentau River, Gulf of Mexico Navigation Channel was constructed in 1971 by the East Cameron Port, Harbor, and Terminal District of Cameron Parish. This 4.6-mile channel begins at the point of entry of Mermentau River into Lower Mud Lake and extends in a southerly direction to the Gulf of Mexico. Federal assumption of maintenance of this channel was authorized by Congress on 22 October 1976, under the Water Resources Development Act of 1976
(Public Law 94-587).

Purpose
The purpose of the project is to improve the discharge of flood flows in lower Mermentau River below Grand Lake and in the Inland Waterway from Vermilion Bay to Grand Lake and to improve navigation by enlargement of the North Prong of Schooner Bayou and Schooner Bayou Cutoff.

Physical Data
Range of tide normal, 1.6 feet at the mouth of Mermentau River and Vermilion Bay to about 1.0 feet in Grand and White Lakes under ordinary conditions, with 3 inches at head of Mermentau River, and 7 or 8 feet due to hurricanes; freshets, 8 feet to 12 feet at head.

Progress of Work
The features, "Waterway from White Lake to Pecan Island, La." and, "Inland Waterway from Franklin, La. to Mermentau River," west of Vermilion Bay including the "Schooner Bayou Lock," were completed prior to their incorporation into the Mermentau River Project.

Construction of Schooner Bayou and Catfish Point control structures and the approach channels for the latter have been completed. Channel enlargement of Mermentau River from Grand Lake to Grand Cheniere, Schooner Bayou Cut-Off and North Prong of Schooner Bayou have been completed; the enlargement of the channel between White Lake and Vermilion Bay is complete; and the channel enlargement between Grand Lake and White Lake is complete. Dikes for Catfish Point control structure were completed August 1951. Channel enlargement of Mermentau River from mile (-0.5) to mile 8.16 was completed 21 June 1952.

Cost
$ 4,672,579

Last Revised: 1993

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Michoud Canal, LA

MICHOUD CANAL, LOUISIANA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1991

Project :
The River and Harbor Act of 1968, approved 13 August 1968 (Senate Document 97, 90th Congress, 2nd Session) provides for the construction of a 36 by 250-foot ship channel along the present alignment of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway from the Mississippi River - Gulf Outlet to and including the Michoud Canal. The enlargement of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway is to the south to prevent jeopardizing the levee along the north bank. The enlargement of the Michoud Canal is generally centered in the existing channel thus leaving room on each side of the channel for construction of wharves and the tieing up and servicing of ships outside the project channel. The local assuring agency is required to furnish disposal rights-of-way and the cost to contract and maintain the retaining dikes and weirs.

Purpose :
To provide a deep-draft navigation channel from the MRGO into Michoud Canal.
Progress of Work :
Contract awarded 5 March 1974.
Completed in November 1974.

Cost :
$1,863,993.00.

Last Revised: 1993

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Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to the Gulf of Mexico

MISSISSIPPI RIVER, BATON ROUGE TO THE GULF OF MEXICO, LA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1995

Project
River and Harbor Act of 2 March 1945, House Document 215, 76th Congress, 1st Session, and prior River and Harbor Acts, provide for channel dimensions as follows: Baton Rouge to New Orleans Section, 35 ft. deep Low Water Reference Plane (L.W.R.P.) by 500 ft. wide, 129.3 miles long; within limits of the Port of New Orleans Section 35 feet deep Mean Low Gulf (M.L.G.) by 1,500 ft. wide, 17.8 miles long; lower limits of the Port of New Orleans to Head of Passes Section, 40 ft. deep (M.L.G.) by 1,000 ft. wide, 86.7 miles long; Southwest Pass 40 ft. deep (M.L.G.) by 800 ft. wide, 17.5 miles long; Southwest Pass Lower Jetty and Bar Channel, 40 ft. deep (M.L.G.) by 600 ft. wide; South Pass, 30 ft. deep (M.L.G.) by 450 ft. wide, 13.5 miles long; South Pass Bar Channel, 30 ft. deep (M.L.G.) by 600 ft. wide.

River and Harbor Act of 23 October 1962 (Public Law no. 87-874, Senate Document No. 36, 87th Congress, lst Session) provides for a channel 40 feet deep and 500 feet wide from Baton Rouge to the upper limits of the Port of New Orleans and also 40 feet deep for a width of 500 feet within the presently authorized 35-by 1,500-foot channel in the port limits of New Orleans.

See Map 1-51 for Mississippi River Ship Channel Project which will deepen the river and Southwest pass.

Phase I dredging construction was initiated on 1 July 1987. A 45 foot channel from the Gulf to mile 181 was completed on 17 December 1988.

Phase II provided for the dredging of a 45 foot channel from mile 181 to Baton Rouge. Phase II dredging construction was completed on 10 December 1995.
The General Design Memorandum, Supplement No. 2 approved by OCE 9 January 1985 included major changes in the scope of the project. These changes included rebuilding the eroded river banks from Venice to Head of Passes, and Southwest Pass, with bank nourishment and foreshore protection. The uncompleted work in South Pass has been eliminated.

Purpose
The purpose of the Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana project is to provide adequate navigation passage to assure the most economical use of the waterway. The bank restoration works will reduce annual maintenance dredging requirements.

Physical Data
Normal range of tide at mouth is one foot; tide due to storms is 2 to 6 feet and hurricane 14 to 18 feet. During low river discharge, tidal variations are 0.8 foot at New Orleans and 0.2 foot at Baton Rouge. Maximum stages from spring floods on the Mississippi River are 20 feet above (M.S.L.) at New Orleans, and 45 feet above (M.S.L.) at Baton Rouge.

Progress of Work
Work authorized under the Acts prior to 1945 is complete.
Work authorized under the Act of 1962 is complete.
Work authorized under the modification to Act of 1945 (GDM, Suppl No. 2) is complete.

South Pass
In keeping with Corps of Engineers policy that projects only be maintained consistent with reasonable needs of existing commerce, the channel through South Pass will be maintained to provide a depth of -17.0 feet Mean Low Gulf (M.L.G.) and a width of 450 feet, and through South Pass Bar Channel a depth of -17.0 feet M.L.G. and a width of 600 feet.

Last Revsied: 1995

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Mississippi River - Gulf Outlet, LA

MISSISSIPPI RIVER - GULF OUTLET, LOUISIANA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1993

AUTHORIZATION :
The project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 1956, the Water Resources Development Act of 1976, and the Water Resources Development Act of 1986.

PROJECT :
The plan of improvement consists of four basic items: (1) a completed channel extending from the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal to the minus 38-foot contour in the Gulf of Mexico; (2) completed jetties and dikes along the channel in Breton Sound; (3) a new lock with connecting channels is pending a decision to initiate construction; however, planning for the new lock is continuing and (4) foreshore protection along the north and south side of the ship channel extending form the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal to the end of the hurricane protection levee.

LOCAL COOPERATION :
Assurances of local cooperation of items 1, 2, and 4 above were furnished by the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans and were accepted on behalf of the United States on 29 August 1957. The Board of Commissioners executed amended assurances covering the provisions of the Uniform Relocations Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, Public Law 91-646, which were accepted on behalf of the United States on 21 April 1975 for the new lock. Supplemental assurances reflecting the changes made necessary by enactment of the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 were requested on 11 September 1978. By letter of 18 September 1978, local interests stated that they could not respond to our requests because plans for the lock at the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal site were in a very preliminary stage. In November 1983, the Board of Commissioners was informed of the selected plan and its costs, including their share, based on traditional cost sharing. By letter of 17 February 1984, the Board stated that it could not support the plan at that time because of the uncertainty of cost sharing and the financial situation of the State of Louisiana. However, by letter dated 11 February 1985, the Governor of Louisiana provided the necessary assurances to proceed with the coordination of an appropriate course of action for public involvement and to process the Evaluation Report. The public involvement program is being initiated consistent with the Evaluation Report schedule. The Shiplock will be cost shared in accordance with the provisions of Section 844 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, PL 99-662.

PROGRESS :
Work on the channel was initiated 17 March 1958. The construction of the channel is completed and is maintained at a depth of 36 feet. The extension of the Southwest Jetty to mile 14.8 is completed. The foreshore protection along the north side of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal and the south side of the MRGO from Bayou Bienvenue to the end of the hurricane protection levee is complete. The remaining foreshore protection is on hold until the need arises. The existing lock was completed in 1923, by non-Federal interests, and had been leased by the Federal Government since 1944. On I July 1986, the lock, adjacent land, and facilities were purchased from the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans for $3,800,000. By purchasing the lock, the Corps received fee title to the lock and appurtenances with operation and maintenance responsibility for the St. Claude and Florida Avenue Bridges transferring to the Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. A General Re-evaluation Report is presently being prepared for a new lock and connecting channels. The final site and size for the new lock has not been determined. The report is scheduled for completion in 1995.

Access Channel (28 by 149 feet), G.I.W.W.to Breton Sound 27 Mar 61
Interim Channel (36 by 250 feet), Paris Road to
Gulf of Mexico 5 Jul 63
Project Channel (36 by 500 feet) Inner Harbor Navigation
Canal to Vicinity of Paris Road 7 May 59
Vicinity to Paris Road to Mile -9.4 14 Mar 65
Turning Basin (Vic. Mile 66.0) and appurtenant work is
physically complete 22 Jul 65
Plug at Paris Road Removed 20 Jan 68
High Level Bridge (Louisiana State Highway 47), initiated
1 June 1964 completed 14 Nov 67
Removal of Pontoon Bridge at Paris Road initiated
24 Jul 1967 completed 22 Sep 67
Retention Dikes:
Shell Core and RipRap (both dikes) ) 26 Aug 61
Capping (both dikes) to Mile 20.2 ) 29 Oct 62
Rockfacing (both dikes) ) 3 Nov 63

Extension of southwest jetty to Mile 14.8 (Sta. 2700). lst Phase, completed.
Remaining jetty across Breton Sound not yet started because the cost cannot
be justified. A 3.5 mile reach of foreshore protection was completed on
19 Feb 1993 as directed by Public Law 102-104, August 17, 1991, Energy and
Water Development Appropriation Act of 1992.

4 Prefabricated steel survey towers and 25 timber pile
station markers 23 Jun 61

3 Concrete survey towers and 25 timber pile station markers 24 Jul 61

Channel maintained at 36 foot depth

COST: Federal $553,500,000
Non-Federal $306,400,000
Total Project $859,900,000

Last Revised: 1995

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Mississippi River Outlets, Venice, LA

MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUTLETS, VENICE, LA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTERBER 1987

Project
The River and Harbor Art of 1968, approved 13 August 1968 (House Document 361, 90th Congress, 2nd Session), provides for additional navigation outlets from the Mississippi River in the vicinity of Venice, Louisiana, by enlargement of the existing channels of Baptiste Collette Bayou and Grand Tiger Passes to provide channels 14 feet deep (Mean Low Gulf) over a bottom width of 150 feet, with entrance channels in open water 16 feet deep over a bottom width of 250 feet. Jetties, to the 6-foot depth contour, are authorized if and when justified to reduce the cost of maintenance dredging.

Purpose
To provide navigation access between Venice and the adjacent areas of the Gulf of Mexico, and to provide a shorter navigation route between the east and west waters of the Gulf.

Progress of Work
Assurances of local cooperation were furnished by the Plaquemines Parish Commission Council on 28 May 1970 and were accepted by the United States on 18 December 1970. The Council was requested to furnish Supplemental Assurances covering PL 91-646 in August 1973. Amended assurances covering FL 91-646 and FL 91-611 were received 5 August 1977.

The GDM was approved on May 29, 1975 subject to comments. The availability of the Environmental Impact Statement was published in the Federal Register September 30, 1976.

The enlargement of Baptiste Collette Bayou began in November 1977 and was completed in May 1978 and the jetty construction was completed in May 1979. The enlargement of Grand and Tiger Passes began in March 1978 and was completed in October 1978 and construction of the jetty was completed in March 1979.

Physical Data
Normal tides range f rom +O.3 f eet to +1.6 feet, Mean Low Gulf . Annual extremes range from -0.1 feet to +3.7 feet. Storm generated surges could reach an estimated +12.3 feet once in 100 years in the vicinity of Venice, Louisiana and about +13.5 once in 100 years at the mouth of Baptiste Collette Bayou (Breton Sound).

Cost
$10,008,000

Last Revised: 1993

Map
Mississippi River Ship Channel Gulf to Baton Rouge, LA

MISSISSIPPI RIVER SHIP CHANNEL, GULF TO BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1997

AUTHORIZATION :
The project was authorized by the Supplement Appropriation Act of 1985, (Public Law 99-88 dated 15 August 1985). The Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1986, (Public Law 99-662) provides for innovative cost sharing between the Federal Government and non-Federal interests for construction and maintenance of the project.

Project :
The Mississippi River Ship Channel, Gulf to Baton Rouge, La., project will provide more efficient deep draft navigation access to the New Orleans and Baton Rouge reaches of the Mississippi River via Southwest Pass by enlarging the existing channel to a project depth of 55 feet, enlarging the adjacent channel along the left descending bank in New Orleans Harbor to a 40 foot depth, constructing a turning basin at Baton Rouge, constructing training works in the passes to reduce maintenance dredging and constructing saltwater intrusion mitigation features which are required as a result of deepening the channel.

LOCAL COOPERATION :
A Local Cooperation Agreement (LCA) between the Government and the State of Louisiana was signed on 30 June 1986. The first supplement to the LCA was signed on 15 June 1987 to comply with the cost sharing and financing concepts ref lected in the WRDA of 1986. A second supplement to the LCA was signed on 25 June 1990 to incorporate language allowing relocation costs to be credited towards the 10% non-Federal repayment as per WRDA of 1988 and language disallowing the State to use any Federal funds for their cash contributions. The LCA and first supplement provide for cost sharing (75% Federal, 25% non- Federal) for dredging of a 45 foot channel from the Gulf of Mexico to mile 181.0 and the construction of saltwater mitigation features. This work is defined as Phase I. A third supplement to the LCA addresses construction of the saltwater mitigation features and was executed 28 May 1993. A Project Cooperation Agreement (PAC) for Phase II was executed on 3 September 1993. Phase II provides for the Dredging of a 45-foot channel from mile 181.0 to Baton Rouge.

Progress :
Phase I dredging construction was initiated on 1 July 1987. A 45 foot channel from the Gulf to mile 181.0 was complete in December 1988. An underwater sill at mile 64.0 was constructed in July 1988 as a mitigation measure to reduce saltwater intrusion during the drought conditions that year. Freshwater was also barged to three municipal water plants during 1988. Phase I mitigation construction (upgrades to the Plaquemines Parish water supply and distribution system on the west bank) was initiated after executing with the State of Louisiana on 28 May 1993 the third supplement to the LCA. When complete, barging freshwater will not be required.
Phase II dredging construction was initiated in July 1994. Construction involved deepening seven river crossings to 45 feet. Phase II was completed 9 December 1994.
The State of Louisiana has requested that Phase III investigation proceed on the remaining authorized project features. We are preparing a Federal Design Memorandum documenting the results of our investigations into deepening the river 50 to 55 feet.

Cost :
TOTAL FEDERAL NON-FEDERAL

Authorized Total Project $471,000,000 $178,000,000 $293,000,000

Current Total Project $552,200,000 $161,000,000 $390,000,000
Fully Funded
Estimated Cost

Current Phase I $44,203,000 $27,153,000 $17,050,000
Fully Funded
Estimated Cost

Current Phase II $7,708,000 $5,014,000 $2,694,000
Fully Funded
Estimated Cost

Last Revised: 1995

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Pass Manchac, LA

PASS MANCHAC, LA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 JUNE 1974

Project
River and Harbor Act of 24 June 1910 provides for removal of snags and logs throughout the Pass, about 7 miles and from the entrance bars.

Purpose
In order to promote unrestricted navigation, the removal of snags and logs provides access to Lakes Pontchartrain, Maurepas and adjacent areas for fishing, crabbing, hunting and commercial traffic.

Physical Data
Normal range of tide, 10 to 14 inches due to tide; 4 feet due to winds.
Progress of Work

Completed in 1912.

Cost
$ 1,374

Last Revised: 1974

Map
Petit Anse, Tigre and Carlin Bayous, LA

PETIT ANSE, TIGRE AND CARLIN BAYOUS, LA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 JUNE 1974

Project
River and Harbor Act of 2 March 1945 and prior R. & H. Acts provide for a channel 9- by 80- feet in Bayou Petit Anse from Intracoastal Waterway to north end of Avery Island, mile 6.1; 9- by 80-feet in Bayou Carlin from mouth to Lake Peigneur, mile 7.6; 5- by 40-feet in Avery Canal (McIlhenny) from Intracoastal Waterway to Vermilion Bay. Total lengths of improvements, 16.1 miles.

The River and Harbor Act of 30 June 1948 provides for protecting piers of railway bridge crossing Bayou Carlin at Delcambre, La.

The River and Harbor Act of 14 July 1960 provides for a 7- by 60-foot channel in Avery Canal and a mooring area along the right bank of Bayou Carlin below the south edge of Delcambre, 9 feet deep by 1,300 feet long, with width varying from 200 to 125 feet.

Purpose
To provide commercial fishing and navigation with an adequate access channel from Avery Island, Jefferson Island, and Delcambre, La. to the Gulf of Mexico through Vermilion Bay and the G.I.W.W. and Freshwater Bayou navigation projects. Also the mooring area provides a harbor of refuge.

Physical Data
Under ordinary condition, the mean range of tide is 10 inches.

Progress of Work
The project was completed 30 March 1962.

Cost
$392,247 - Includes $47,858 Public Works Fund.

Last Revised: 1993

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Removal of Aquatic Growth (LA)

REMOVAL OF AQUATIC GROWTH (LOUISIANA)
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1987

Project
Existing project authorized by River and Harbor Act of 3 March 1899, House Document 91, 55th Congress, 3rd Session, with the following acts dated 13 June 1902, 3 March 1905, 2 March 1907, 25 July 1912 and 27 July 1916, authorizes water hyacinth control.

Purpose
To provide for the extermination or removal of plants from navigable waters of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, so far as they are or may become an obstruction to navigation, for the construction and operation of boats equipped with suitable machinery for such removal, and for the construction and operation of booms to prevent drifting of plants from one stream to another.

Progress of Work
Maintenance continues with some changes in the methods of destruction. The use of booms, barricades and mechanical destroyers has been discontinued. Present methods of control are by controlled use of chemical spraying supplemented by the use of insects and pathogens for biological control.
A large - scale operations management test is being conducted in the State of Louisiana by the Waterways Experiment Station for the control of waterhyacinth. This testing program will collect and evaluate data for biological control of waterhyacinth using insects and pathogens. The testing program is being monitored for effectiveness of control. Field studies have been concluded.
An aerial spraying contract was awarded in FY 87 to control water hyacinths in remote areas to assist Corps shore-based units. This contract cleared many acres of waterways in south Louisiana.

Last Revised: 1993

Map
Small River and Harbor Projects

SMALL RIVER AND HARBOR PROJECTS
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1976

Project
SMALL RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
NOT SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED

Section 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960, as amended by Section 310 and Section 112 of the River and Harbor Acts of 1965 and 1970 respectively, authorized the Secretary of the Army to allot from any appropriations hereafter made for rivers and harbors not to exceed $25,000,000 for the construction of small river and harbor improvement projects not specifically authorized by Congress which will result in substantial benefits to navigation; with not more than $1,000,000 allotted for construction of a project under this section at any single locality and the amount allotted shall be sufficient to complete the Federal participation in the project under this section. Local interests shall provide without cost to the United States all necessary lands, easements and rights-of-way, and may be required to hold and save the United States free from damages and to share in the cost of the project. The project shall be complete in itself and not commit the United States to any additional improvements to insure its successful operation.

Purpose
Small river and harbor improvement projects are executed if the project will result in substantial benefits to navigation.

Progress of Work
See tabulation of completed work on map.

Cost
$1,011,011

Map
Tangipahoa River, LA

TANGIPAHOA RIVER, LA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1989

Project
River and Harbor Acts of 14 June 1880 and 10 June 1872 provided for improvement without dredging by removal of overhanging trees, snags, and obstruction a distance of 53-1/2 miles above the mouth.

Under Section 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960, as amended by Section 310 of the River and Harbor Act of 1965, a 8" by 100" bar channel was approved.
See sheet 1-49A small River and Harbor projects.

Purpose
The removal of snags, trees, and obstructions provided for in this project has improved the Tangipahoa River for navigation. The project further enhances the excellent recreational potential of this waterway.

Physical Data
Normal range of tide and wind in lower reaches, 2 feet to 4 feet, Freshets in upper reaches, 3 feet to 20 feet; lower reaches 2 feet to 5 feet.
Progress of Work

Clearing and Snagging completed in 1884. Bar Channel completed 3 January 1971 for $61,211.

Cost
$567, 551

Last Revised: 1993

Map
Tchefuncte River and Bogue Falaya River, LA

TCHEFUNCTA RIVER AND BOGUE FALAYA, LA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 JUNE 1974

Project
River and Harbor Act of 3 July 1958 and prior River and Harbor Acts, provide for a channel 10 feet deep at Mean Low Gulf level over a bottom width of 125 feet from that depth in Lake Pontchartrain to mile 3.5 of Tchefuncta River, thence for a channel 8 feet deep over an unspecified bottom width via Tchefuncta River and Bogue Falaya River to Covington, La. Total length of improvement of 14 miles.

Purpose
In assuring the free movement of navigation, the 14 miles of improvement provided by the Tchefuncta River and Bogue Falaya project enhance commercial traffic and improve the recreational opportunities.

Physical Data
Range of tide, 10 to 14 inches at mouth of Tchefuncta, 3 to 5 inches at Covington, due to tide; 8 feet in upper Tchefuncte River and Bogue Falaya, due to floods and 3 feet at the mouth of Tchefuncta River, due to winds.

Progress of Work
Work completed in 1959.

Cost
$58,342

Last Revised: 1993

Map
Tickfaw, Natalbany, Pontchatoula, and Blood Rivers, LA

TICKFAW, NATALBANY, PONCHATOULA AND BLOOD RIVERS, LA
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 JUNE 1974

Project
River and Harbor Act of 3 March 1881 provides for removal of obstructions in Tickfaw River from mouth to mile 26; in Blood River from mouth to mile 4; in Natalbany and Ponchatoula Rivers, a distance of 15.5 miles. Mile 0 is at the mouth of each stream. Total length of improvement 45.5 miles.

Purpose
The removal of obstructions provided for in this project gives greater clearance and ease of movement for navigation along the waterways. Although no commerce has been reported since 1966, the waterways provide excellent opportunities for fishing, boating and skiing.

Physical Data
Ten inches at mouth of Tickfaw River and 3 inches at head of navigation of all streams due to tide; 30 inches at mouth of Tickfaw River and 9 feet in upper reaches of all streams due to freshets.

Normal range of tide, 10 inches at mouth of Tickfaw River and 3 inches at head of navigation of all streams due to tide; 30 inches at mouth of Tickfaw River and 9 feet in upper reaches of all streams due to freshets.

Progress of Work
Completed in 1921.

Cost
$8,115

Last Revised: 1993

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Leland Bowman Lock, LA (Replacement) Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

LELAND BOWMAN LOCK (REPLACEMENT)
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1985

Project
The Water Resources Development Act of 1976 (PL 94-587), 94th Congress, 2nd Session, approved 22 October 1976, authorized the replacement of Vermilion Lock, Louisiana, on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in the report dated 3 August 1976 at an estimated cost of $20,683,000; which report recommends, with concurrence of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, a replacement lock 110 feet wide and 1,200 feet long to accommodate present and project marine traffic.

The project is located in the Louisiana Section of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, about 163 miles west of Harvey Lock.
The recommended plan of improvement provides for the replacement of the existing lock with a new lock located south of the existing waterway and west of the old lock with dimensions 110 feet wide by 1,200 feet along with a sill at -15.0 M.L.G.

Local interests are required to furnish assurances that they will provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements and right-of-way necessary for construction and subsequent maintenance of the replacement lock and the approach channels.

The Vermilion Parish Police Jury furnished formal assurances covering all requirements of local cooperation, including PL 91-611 and PL 91-646, on 19 March 1975. These assurances were in the process of being accepted by the United States when PL 94-587 was enacted authorizing the 110-foot-wide lock. Amended assurances of local cooperation were accepted on behalf of the United States by the Secretary of the Army of 5 July 1977.

Purpose
Replace existing lock with a larger lock, thereby providing adequate facilities for existing and projected navigation requirements.

Physical Data
Range of tide, 10 to 14 inches. A severe storm may caused a high tide of from 6 to 9 feet.

Progress of Work
The GDM was approved by OCE, subject to resolution of comments, on 20 October 1976. Amended local assurances were accepted by the United States on 5 Jul 77. All GDM comments were reconciled on 31 Oct 77. The EPA issued a letter of "No objection to construction" on 21 Apr 78. All preconstruction planning funds have been received, and preconstruction planning was completed in FY 79. Construction was begun on 15 Sep 1981 and completed on 9 Mar 1985.

Cost
$32,200,000 Federal

Last Revised: 1993

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Waterway from Empire, LA to the Gulf of Mexico

WATERWAY FROM EMPIRE, LA TO THE GULF OF MEXICO
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 JUNE 1974

Project
River and Harbor Act of 24 July 1946 provides for a navigable channel 9- by 80-feet from Empire, La. to the Gulf of Mexico, with construction of rubble stone jetties to the 6-foot depth contour; extension of jetties to the 9-foot depth contour is provided if and when it becomes necessary. Length of improvement is 10 miles.

Purpose
This 10-mile channel is used by a large f ishing fleet and mineral resource production companies. The project provides a channel from the state-owned lock at Empire southward to the Gulf of Mexico. The Mississippi River Delta and the Gulf of Mexico in the vicinity of Empire abound in opportunities for fishing and hunting, and the waterway is heavily utilized by sportsmen throughout the entire year.
Physical Data

Normal tide ranges from 16 inches to 40 inches; hurricane tides may exceed 6 feet.

Progress of Work
The jetties were completed to the 6-foot depth contour in February 1950, and the channel was completed to the 9-foot depth contour in June 1950. Cooperation with local interests for obtaining right-of-way has been completed.
The project is physically complete unless at a later date it is found necessary to extend the jetties to the 9-foot depth contour.

Cost
$1,068,142

Last Revised: 1993

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Waterway from Intracoastal Waterway to Bayou Dulac, LA (Bayous Grand Caillou and La Carpe, LA)

WATERWAY FROM THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY TO BAYOU DULAC, LA
(BAYOUS GRAND CAILLOU AND LE CARPE, LA)
CONDITION OF IMPROVEMENT, 30 SEPTEMBER 1987

Project
Adopted by River and Harbor Act approved 30 August 1935, provides for a channel 5- by 40-feet from the Intracoastal Waterway at Houma via Bayou LeCarpe, Bayou Pelton and Bayou Grand Caillou to Bayou Dulac. Length of improvement about 16.3 miles.

The River and Harbor Act approved 23 October 1962 authorized a modification of the project for the waterway from the Intracoastal Waterway to Bayou Dulac, Louisiana (Bayous Grand Caillou and LeCarpe) to provide for a 10- by 45-foot channel in Bayou LeCarpe from the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway to the Houma Navigation Canal.

A study to enlarge Bayou Grand Cailllou from the Houma Navigation Canal to Bayou Provost was performed under the continuing authority provided to the Chief of Engineers by Section 1 07 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960. The study recommends enlarging the existing channel to 14 by 90 feet for the first two miles of the bayou north of its intersection with the Houma Navigation Canal and 10 by 60 feet from the upstream and of the 14 by 90 foot section to Bayou Provost (5.3 miles).

Purpose
The channel and the modifications to this channel of this project fulfill the needs of navigation by benefitting heavy commercial traffic and tonnages in the area of the project.

Progress of Work
Work authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 30 August 1935 was completed 1938.
Work authorized by the modification of R. & H. Act of 23 October 1962 was completed 17 August 1964.
Implementation of the study recommendations prepared under the Section 107 authority of the Chief of Engineers is not scheduled pending approval of the study and draft Local Cooperation Agreement.

COST
 $ 51,280 Act 30 August 1935
78,342 Act 23 October 1962

Total $129,622

Estimate for proposed enlargement of Bayou Grand Caillou:
$1,318,000 Federal
1,208,000 Non-Federal

$2,518,000 Total

Last Revised: 1993