LincolnCreek_GreenTreeBridge_2017_04_20_e_SouthFace
From 1998 to 2002, the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) constructed a large urban flood management and stream restoration project on and around Lincoln Creek, on Milwaukee's north side.
Quoting from MMSD's web site: "Serving as a national model for urban flood management, the $120 million Lincoln Creek Flood Management Project reduces the risk of flooding for more than 2,000 homes and businesses along a densely populated 9-mile-long creek in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The waterway is substantially safer with improved water quality and habitat for fish, birds and other wildlife." (www.mmsd.com/what-we-do/flood-management/lincoln-creek)
This photo shows the bridge at Green Tree Road, just east of 51st Street. The upstream (north) face of this bridge is fitted with a hydraulic control structure to hold floodwater in MMSD's Green Tree Reservoir and reduce flood flows downstream.
LincolnCreek_GreenTreeBridge_2017_04_20_e_SouthFace
From 1998 to 2002, the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) constructed a large urban flood management and stream restoration project on and around Lincoln Creek, on Milwaukee's north side.
Quoting from MMSD's web site: "Serving as a national model for urban flood management, the $120 million Lincoln Creek Flood Management Project reduces the risk of flooding for more than 2,000 homes and businesses along a densely populated 9-mile-long creek in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The waterway is substantially safer with improved water quality and habitat for fish, birds and other wildlife." (www.mmsd.com/what-we-do/flood-management/lincoln-creek)
This photo shows the bridge at Green Tree Road, just east of 51st Street. The upstream (north) face of this bridge is fitted with a hydraulic control structure to hold floodwater in MMSD's Green Tree Reservoir and reduce flood flows downstream.