Posted on 08/27/2020 6:41:54 PM PDT by BeauBo
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced a plan to extend the border wall and have it cut across the Tijuana River where the river enters the U.S. in San Ysidro, Calif. (San Diego)
Its approximately 0.2 miles across the Tijuana River. The new wall would connect existing walls that end at the east and west banks of the river. The proposed wall would include a bridge, a vertical lift gate to allow the water to flow below, lighting, a 20-foot wide roadway and a maintenance walkway.
The wall would be supported by a series of 30-foot-tall bollards or steel planks anchored on the river bottom.
(Excerpt) Read more at borderreport.com ...
I would think that drop dead simple for that solution would be far preferable.
Fewer things to break or malfunction.
“drop dead simple for that solution would be far preferable.”
Simple is elegant, and reliable.
The remaining problem though, is the doors left open for months on end. Additionally, there is also a scalability problem, where bigger rivers need bigger gates, because of bigger debris buildup (like whole trees).
The swing gates make bigger openings for bigger rivers, and having a bridge right alongside the gates, makes them much more convenient to guard, and be able to respond to either river bank, even during a flood.
Hopefully, more advantages and new features will become evident, as we see these new designs build out and operate.
Beautiful
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