One of the wildest facts about New Orleans and Louisiana is that the Mississippi River doesn’t necessarily want to keep flowing past Baton Rouge and New Orleans forever. Left to its natural processes, the river has repeatedly shifted course over thousands of years as it builds the Mississippi River Delta. Today, the Atchafalaya River offers the Mississippi a shorter, steeper route toward the Gulf. That’s where the Old River Control Structure comes in. Built and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of
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One of the wildest facts about New Orleans and Louisiana is that the Mississippi River doesn’t necessarily want to keep flowing past Baton Rouge and New Orleans forever. Left to its natural processes, the river has repeatedly shifted course over thousands of years as it builds the Mississippi River Delta. Today, the Atchafalaya River offers the Mississippi a shorter, steeper route toward the Gulf. That’s where the Old River Control Structure comes in. Built and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of
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