Options for Management of Dynamic Ice Breakup on the Connecticut River Near Windsor, Vermont

• Main Authors: Ferrick, Michael G, Lemieux, George E, Weyrick, Patrica B, Demont, Warren
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1988
• Subjects: Hydrology; Limnology and Potamology; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Civil Engineering; *CONNECTICUT RIVER; *FLOOD CONTROL; *ICE BREAKUP; BRIDGES; COLD REGIONS; CONTROL; COSTS; DAMAGE; DYNAMICS; FIELD TESTS; FLOODING; FLOODS; FLOW; HYDRAULICS; ICE; ICE FORMATION; MANAGEMENT; OPEN WATER; PEAK VALUES; POWER; PROBABILITY; RECORDS; RELEASE; RIVERS; STABILITY; TURBINES; UNITED STATES; VERMONT; WATER WAVES; WINTER; HYDROELECTRICITY; *Ice management; Potamology; WU003; PE62730A; AST42; Cornish; Midwinter; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA195329; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA195329

The Cornish-Windsor bridge is the longest covered bridge in the United States and has significant historical value. At a large peak flow, dynamic ice breakup of the Connecticut River can threaten the bridge and cause flood damage in the town of Windsor, Vermont. Throughout the 1985-86 winter we regu...