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U.S. Corps of Engineers open Steele Bayou gates The gates on the Steele Bayou Control Structure were opened Friday for the first time since mid-March. (Source: WLBT) By WDAM Staff | April 17, 2021 at 11:38 AM CDT - Updated April 17 at 1:41 PM
VICKSBURG, Miss. (WDAM) – The United States Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District opened Friday the gates of the Steele Bayou Control Structure for the first time since March 15.
Due to rainfall in the Mississippi River Valley and Yazoo Basin, the Steele Bayou Control Structure’s gates have been closed since mid-March.
The control structure, which was built in 1969, combines with the Mississippi River and Yazoo Backwater levees to prevent the Yazoo and Mississippi rivers from backing up and further flooding the Mississippi Delta.