Crews begin removal of Fargo’s Second Street levee

Red River at Fargo 14.4 FT +0.01 FT from 5 hours ago Flood Stage: 18ft Major Flood Stage: 30ft	Red River at Wahpeton 5.12 FT -0.01 FT from 5 hours ago Flood Stage: 10ft Major Flood Stage: 14ft	Sheyenne River at Valley City 3.84 FT +0.00 FT from 5 hours ago Flood Stage: 15ft Major Flood Stage: 17ft	Sheyenne River at Harwood 869.46 FT -0.01 FT from 5 hours ago Flood Stage: 884ft Major Flood Stage: 891ft	Wild Rice River at Abercrombie 0.74 FT +0.00 FT from 5 hours ago Flood Stage: 10ft Major Flood Stage: 12ft	Buffalo River at Dilworth 5.36 FT +0.00 FT from 5 hours ago Flood Stage: 12ft Major Flood Stage: 26ft

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Crews begin removal of Fargo’s Second Street levee

By Valley Flood Watch ⋅ April 30, 2011 ⋅

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Crews begin removal of Fargo’s Second Street levee

FARGO (The Forum) – Removal of the temporary Second Street levee downtown began Friday, but the First Avenue North Bridge won’t reopen for at least another week, a Moorhead engineer said.

The bridge and portions of Second Street north of First Avenue and south of Main Avenue have been closed since April 4 because of flooding.

Water is still touching the Second Street levee, and crews will leave a small strip of clay in place as they remove the levee just in case the Red River comes back up 1 or 2 feet, said Dave Johnson, Fargo’s deputy city engineer.

It took crews working around the clock 3½ days to install the levee, so Johnson estimated it will take five or six days to remove it “if the water cooperates.”

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