Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show LessĪ network of eight massive stormwater tunnels that drain upstream of and into the Houston Ship Channel could be the key to alleviating flooding in Harris County, flood control engineers announced this week.
The tunnel was completed in 1997, allowing the city to divert flood water from inundating downtown San Antonio by diverting it into a three-mile-long tunnel underneath the city. The site is where the 24-foot diameter tunnel can empty flood water into the downstream portion of the San Antonio River. The San Antonio River Tunnel Outlet at Lone Star Boulevard, Tuesday, Jan.
Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 5 of5 The San Antonio River Flood Tunnel was completed in 1997, allowing the city to divert flood water from inundating downtown San Antonio by diverting it into a three-mile-long tunnel underneath the city.
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The city can keep the water at a consistent height thanks to a series of dams and the flood control tunnel that runs underneath the city. The River Walk is technically more of a lake. Water enters the San Antonio River at the San Antonio River Tunnel Inlet at Josephine Street, Tuesday, Jan. Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 4 of5 A series of conveyors pull trash out of the water before the water enters a channel and proceeds to the tunnel inlet. The San Antonio River Tunnel Inlet at Josephine Street, Tuesday, Jan. Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 3 of5
De Jesús, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 2 of5Ī view of flooding on White Oak Bayou along I-10 and I-45 near Quitman Thursday, Sept. Houston skyline and the Buffalo Bayou during Tropical Storm Beta Tuesday, Sept.
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