RECENT IMPROVEMENT OF GAO QIAO NEW CHANNEL ON HUANGPU RIVER

Despite repeated dredging in the Huangpu River near Gough Island (China), navigation remained difficult in much of the channel due to heavy siltation and shallow water. This paper describes the present Gao Qiao new channel, the history of the channel, and the rectification programs to improve it. Using past experience and benefitting from normalization of shorelines, the channel was improved greatly with little investment. The right bank of the channel was realigned by using the empirical relation between channel width and depth. Construction of a new bund of embankment constricted the excess width of the straight portion of the crossover. No dredging operations have been required to maintain a navigable depth in recent years.

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• Authors:
  • ZHU, G
• Publication Date: 1994-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 368-381
• Serial:
  • Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering
  • Volume: 120
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-950X
  • EISSN: 1943-5460
  • Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/journal/jwped5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Channels (Waterways); Dredging; Embankments; History; Improvements; River currents; Rivers; Ship pilotage
• Geographic Terms: China
• Old TRIS Terms: River navigation
• Subject Areas: History; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00663144
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 1 1994 12:00AM