With water levels in the Mississippi River finally starting to fall after a historic year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began closing bays of the Bonnet Carre Spillway on Monday. The action ...

A fish jumps out of the water near the Bonnet Carre Spillway structure in Norco as the Army Corps of Engineers closed the last bays of the structure Thursday, May 8, 2008 in Norco.

For the first time in history, the Bonnet Carre Spillway may be needed twice in one year to keep a rising Mississippi River in check.

NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opened the Bonnet Carré Spillway Friday after heavy rains caused the Mississippi River to rise six inches in 24 hours, surpassing flood stage. "In ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers does not expect to open the Bonnet Carré Spillway as the Mississippi River is no longer expected to crest at a level that would require water to be diverted into ...

The Bonnet Carré Spillway, is opened to relieve stress on levees protecting New Orleans when the Mississippi is flowing at 1.25 million cubic feet per second — fast enough to fill the Superdome ...

Problems plague the Bonnet Carre Spillway for the Friday morning commute An early morning crash causes traffic to stall on the Bonnet Carre Spillway westbound ...

The Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans will announce at 1 p.m. Thursday when it will reopen the Bonnet Carre Spillway. It will be the first time the flood control has been used twice in one ...

If the spillway remains open as the Mississippi Sound grows warmer, problems are expected in South Mississippi.

The Bonnet Carré Spillway is opening Friday to stave off Mississippi River flooding after heavy rainfall in the Mississippi Valley, the New Orleans District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...

The Bonnet Carre Spillway is tentatively scheduled to be closed in both directions on Sunday, December 19, 2021. The closure will be from noon until 5:00 p.m. to allow Entergy to reinstall ...

BATON ROUGE -- The Bonnet Carre Spillway will be opened Wednesday for an unprecedented third time in four years to siphon water from the Mississippi River following an extremely wet winter across ...