Lenore K. Sullivan Boulevard Reopened Five Years Ago Today
Remember when Lenore K. Sullivan Blvd used to flood nearly every year? How it was a costly mess because street light wiring, guard rails. and such were all damaged? The street between the Arch and the Mississippi River underwent a major makeover, including increasing the elevation roughly four feet.
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The work to elevate the road reduces odds of flooding, but it can and does happen.
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In the above example you can see the tops of the concrete piers sticking out of the water. Keeping the electrical connections dry significantly reduced the time & expense to reopen the street once flood waters recede. Hopefully we won’t see future flooding so extreme the connections are under water.
— Steve Patterson