A spillway is a structure used to provide the controlled release of water downstream from a dam or levee, typically into the riverbed of the dammed river...

emergency spillways threatened to fail, leading to the evacuation of 188,000 people living near the dam. After deterioration of the main spillway largely...

The Bonnet Carré Spillway /ˈbɒniː ˈkɛriː/ is a flood control operation in the Lower Mississippi Valley. Located in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, about...

February 2017, heavy rainfall damaged Oroville Dam's main and emergency spillways, prompting the evacuation of more than 180,000 people living downstream...

The Morganza Spillway or Morganza Control Structure is a flood-control structure in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located along the western bank of...

A stepped spillway is a spillway with steps on the spillway chute to assist in the dissipation of the kinetic energy of the descending water. This reduces...

downstream. The dam is noted for its classic, uncontrolled morning-glory-type spillway. The diameter at the lip is 72 ft (22 m). To the south is Putah Creek State...

Thottappally Spillway is Kuttanad's drain-way out to the Arabian Sea. The spillway splits Thottappally Lake with the fresh water part to the east and...

The I-10 Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge is a twin concrete trestle bridge in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a total length of 58,077 feet (17,702 m; 10...

Open channel spillways are dam spillways that utilize the principles of open-channel flow to convey impounded water in order to prevent dam failure. They...

The Pequannoc Spillway is a run-of-the-river spillway constructed in the 1920s as part of the Morris Canal system in the Pompton Plains section of Pequannock...

The Red River Floodway (French: Canal de dérivation de la rivière Rouge) is an artificial flood control waterway in Western Canada. It is a 47 km (29 mi)...

Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge may refer to: I-10 Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge CNR Bonnet Carré Spillway-McComb Bridge U.S. 61 Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge Kansas...

over-topping by two spillways. The spillway entrances are located behind each dam abutment, running roughly parallel to the canyon walls. The spillway entrance arrangement...

Kuttiady Augmentation Spillway dam is a concrete dam with spillways for the Banasurasagar (kutyadi Augmentation) reservoir. The Spillway dam is part of the...

through the spillway. There are several types of spillway. A "service spillway" or "primary spillway" passes normal flow. An "auxiliary spillway" releases...

The Ashland Dam and Spillway is a historic site at the north end of Ashland Reservoir in Ashland State Park in Ashland, Massachusetts. Ashland Reservoir...

The Wivenhoe Dam is a rock and earth-fill embankment dam with a concrete spillway across the Brisbane River in South East Queensland, Australia. The dam...

masonry spillway on the left bank. The dam has a height of 166 feet (51 m) and a length of 12,927 feet (3,940 m). The length of the Spillway is 250 feet...

Estrela mountains in Portugal that is famous for its Bell-mouth spillway. The spillway was built in 1955 with the aim of diverting water from Ribeira das...

Bonnet Carré Spillway-McComb Bridge is a 2.3-mile-long (3.7 km) bridge that carries Canadian National Railway tracks over the Bonnet Carré Spillway and a portion...

embankment: 3,320,000 cubic yards (2,540,000 m3) Length of spillway: 551 gross feet Spillway crest gates size: 45x37 feet Outlet conduits size: 4x9 feet...

Spillway in Louisiana, which direct excess water down the west and east sides (respectively) of the Atchafalaya River; and the Bonnet Carré Spillway,...

reservoir as the water rose 100 meters (330 feet) and reached the gates of the spillway on October 27.[citation needed] On May 5, 1984, the first generation unit...

Basin Bridge on I-10, the Louisiana Highway 1 Bridge, the Bonnet Carré Spillway Bridge on I-10, the Chacahoula Swamp Bridge on U.S. 90, the Lake Pontchartrain...

(226 ft) high earthfill embankment 2,290 metres (7,510 ft) long with no spillway. After completion of the first phase the decision was made to immediately...

and the community is from a gravel road off Highway 630. The original spillway was a flip bucket shoot. By 1946, it had already shown signs of spalling...

Mississippi federal disaster areas. For the first time in 37 years, the Morganza Spillway was opened on May 14, deliberately flooding 4,600 square miles (12,000 km2)...

fishery, all smallmouth and largemouth bass are catch-and-release. The spillway is designed with an ogee crest to allow controlled discharge of surplus...

The Hopkinton Dam and Spillway is a historic site at the eastern end of Hopkinton Reservoir in Hopkinton State Park in Ashland, Massachusetts. The western...