Lenore K. Sullivan Boulevard Reopened Five Years Ago Today
Remember when Lenore K. Sullivan Blvd used to flood nearly every year? How it was a costly mess because street light wiring, guard rails. and such were all damaged? The street between the Arch and the Mississippi River underwent a major makeover, including increasing the elevation roughly four feet.
The work to elevate the road reduces odds of flooding, but it can and does happen.
In the above example you can see the tops of the concrete piers sticking out of the water. Keeping the electrical connections dry significantly reduced the time & expense to reopen the street once flood waters recede. Hopefully we won’t see future flooding so extreme the connections are under water.
— Steve Patterson