New Flood Gates (New Orleans, Louisiana)
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Built in 1992 to supplement the upriver gates, these sector gates were installed to prevent brackish water and storm surge from Lake Pontchartrain from entering Bayou St. John.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 30°1'27"N 90°4'58"W
- Addicks Reservoir 543 km
- J.E. Roush Fish and Wildlife Area 1275 km
- Youghiogheny River Lake 1458 km
- Yolo Bypass 3043 km
- Cache Creek Settling Basin 3046 km
- Sutter Bypass 3083 km
- Neeltje-Jans 7689 km
- St.Petersburg Dam - North section 8615 km
- Buków flood polder 8682 km
- Moutoa Floodway 12493 km
- Filmore 1.6 km
- City Park 2.8 km
- Gentilly 3 km
- St. Roch 5.2 km
- West Lake Forest 8.8 km
- Little Woods 10 km
- Gulf Intracoastal Waterway 12 km
- New Orleans East 13 km
- Central Wetlands 21 km
- Lake Pontchartrain 21 km