The text is run together, but it's a good pic of the spillway.and dam....The entire plain on the left, separated from the Mississippi by a man made toy called a dam, is the spillway leading to the lake 5.5 miles away..

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English: The opening of the Bonnet Carré Spillway on the Mississippi River. The spillway is designed to spill water from the river into Lake Pontchartrain during flooding of the river. The spillway is located about 12 miles (20km) west (upriver) of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. View is to the northeast. Lake Pontchartrain can be seen in the far distance, about 5.5 miles (9 km) distant.

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5 May 1999

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Visual Library
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Michael Maples, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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Camera location	30° 0' 7.59" N, 90° 26' 27.75" W	This and other images at their locations on: Google Maps - Google Earth - OpenStreetMap	(Info)

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current	04:17, 6 April 2007		1,500×1,200(703 KB)	DanMS	({{Information \| Description = {{en\|The opening of the Bonnet Carré Spillway on the Mississippi River. The spillway is designed to spill water from the river into Lake Pontchartrain during flooding of the river. The spillway is located about 12 miles ()