| World / USA / Louisiana / Arabi, 7 km from center | Coordinates: 30°0'46"N 90°1'39"W |
The only shipping link between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain. It is subject to tides via its openings to the MRGO and the lake; it is connected to the river via a narrow lock. The canal was meant to be the new port of New Orleans and it is a major container port (although it never replaced river warves as intended) with most traffic using the MRGO and river. Katrina's storm surge entered via the MRGO and breaches in the canal levee flooded the upper and lower ninth ward.
Category: new canal orleans
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