The Bonnet Carre Spillway has been opened more than a dozen times since it was constructed nearly 100 years ago, but the protection it offers New Orleans' levee system comes at a cost: The rush of ...

For the second time this year, high water has torn up the road through the Bonnet Carre Spillway, and the route will be closed for the next few weeks, St. Charles Parish officials said Friday. The ...

All lanes are open on I-10 west and east on the Bonnet Carré Spillway after a crash caused all lanes to close. Lanes have reopened on I-10 East at Mile Marker 212 on the Bonnet Carré Spillway.

It has protected the New Orleans area from Mississippi River flooding for nearly a century, but changing conditions, environmental damage and new scientific analysis are raising a thorny question: Is ...

Major flooding is expected on the Mississippi River at New Orleans in late April through June, with the possibility that the Bonnet Carré Spillway will open, sending polluted river water into Lake ...

JACKSON, Miss.JACKSON, Miss. — Opening a spillway as a flood-control measure in 2019 sent polluted fresh water from the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico and killed bottlenose dolphins that ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tests opening the Bonnet Carre Spillway as the Mississippi River nears flood stage in Norco, Louisiana, on Monday, April 21, 2025. David Grunfeld New Orleans Advocate ...

A car fire has closed lanes of the Bonnet Carre Spillway at Mile Marker 217. Firefighters are seen on the Spillway, traffic is closed off heading into New Orleans. This is a developing story. A car ...

The opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway helps relieve pressure on New Orleans-area levees by making sure the water doesn t flow faster than 1.25 million cubic feet per second through the city. On ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The rising Mississippi River has reached the floodgates at the Bonnet Carre Spillway, prompting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin a test of the structure on Monday (April ...