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tear the dam down and repair the rest. why are they waiting so long to do anything.?.

and the river keeps on flowing......................beautiful

ゲートの高さに比べ堤頂が低すぎるな、というのが洪水災害が多い日本から見たこのダムの印象です。堤頂に全面設置したクレストゲートでの調整は日本のダムでも採用されていますが、それとは別に非常用洪水吐きを設置すると共に、流木を阻止するスクリーンも設置し、ゲートに流木が引っかからないような設計を取ります。設計不良から起きた災害ではないかと思います。

Very good footage. I was wandering how does it look like now, thanks a lot.

Looking at this scene, I remembered my country again, in 2021 we had a dam upstream, the rain and flood caused the dam to burst, putting our people in danger, we were isolated by flood water for 3 days in a row, it was really a terrible memory 😢😢😢

They just need to remove it. Let nature have the landscape back!

Nature has been shouting F U and flipping the bird to a lot of dams over the last two years.

Thanks for the video update. Great visualization of why they had to close the bridge. The whole situation is disappointing - the dam and bridge are monuments to bureaucracy.

As big as this flood was concerned every big strata line in the exposed sides is rubble and sediment that moved into place during a much much larger flood sometime in the distant past.

that center pier on the bridge is toast, wondering what the plans are for demoing the old dam and/or fixing the bridge

Going to need a ton of Flex Seal because that's a lot of "dam"age

Wow that bridge pier is done for, too.

Very nice video Chris. The 4K looks very sharp on my 28" monitor! The power of water is amazing!

Amazing what mother nature is capable of undoing that what man can build . Best regards from Chicago

it's more like a Rapidan Bypass...than a dam

How often do you think you will go out there to update?

Its crazy to me that they tore that house down because "incase it fell into the river, to prevent more trash" but then they left all the trash there to fall in anyway?

I’m glad the dam near me in Manawa will be rebuilt! Hopefully this one in Minnesota will be as well! I was a witness of the flooding in Manawa and saw the flood take 3 cars.

Thanks for a great video. I've worked on bridges over the last few decades which were undercut worse than this and were repaired rather than replaced. However, with stricter environmental laws now in place, the current philosophy is to remove any impediments in the water course (the piers) which could negatively affect various fish species, so the new bridge will span the water channel without any in-water piers. That adds considerable cost to the project, but it is usually deemed acceptable. So the way I see it, the county has several options: 1) demo the existing bridge immediately, forcing long-term traffic detours, and rebuild in the same right-of-way footprint; 2) do temporary repairs to get the structure back open to traffic, shortening the detour times, which completing permitting and design, and then take it out of service for demo and replacement; 3) do permanent repairs and keep the structure in place - this would be the most cost-effective, but the least environmentally correct. And good bridge demolition contractor could have the entire structure down and removed in about 3 weeks (after getting the various permit approvals, etc.).

In total awh and amazement. Thanks for sharing

No sense in dredging the river silt now. That whole valley is sand based on the way it eroded. That sand cliff looks ominous.. usually sand is a filter for swimming pools so not much of a contribution to the dirty water. Looks like some up stream soil conservation efforts are needed. Then maybe a warning sign for canoes and kayaks about the up coming rapids. With those steep banks the portage may be short but difficult 😂

Like hello who made the decisions to not clear debris from the dam??

Looks like the dam is in the same shape as when it was built just the one side blew out 😊

If there was any commentary, it would have been nice to have the closed captions allowed (they’re currently blocked).

Dam looks great. Now the “tie in” to the existing abutments or ground conditions needed a lot more attention was it a simple case of the rip rap was not deep enough or damaged …Were the surrounding soil samples not taken or ignored. Was this a case where sheet piles where recommended but not used due to cost. Did someone from a utility company or road construction bore a hole that caused a underground channel to form…To me the actual dam is still standing and appears to be in excellent shape…the dam was there for about 115 years till it was damaged about 10-11 years ago….Why did the State not properly (assuming the state controls waterways) inspected the dam or at the least have the Army’s Corp of Engineers do an investigation…if this was investigated was that report not acted on or was it a “drive by” investigation…”yup dam looked perfect fine as I drove passed it”….was the under mining of the bridge supports caused by the “extra” river flow due to the dam abutment failures or was it an existing condition could of identify a possible underground water channeling forming…Too Many opinions and not enough answer as far as I am concerned….As a person that had worked/lived around dams most of my life I feel someone missed a telltale sign that there was an issue with this dam…

wake up babe new rapidan dam footage just dropped

After all this time I figured they'd have a more substantial road block than some snow fence and signs

What dam?

Wow

The destructive forces of water are VERY real. Never doubt it.

The dam looks just fine. The planet has failed.

Thanks for this video and the link to the Mankato Free Press article. I'd wondered where this would all go, and it seems both dam and bridge will be removed for a new bridge. It was interesting to watch the development on the Chilcotin River after a landslide blocked it causing a vast lake to grow. I had some idea what was going to happen when the lake water over topped the landslide because of watching the Rapidan Dam in Minnesota and the Manawa Dam in Wisconsin both get wrecked by rain/flood waters.

Thank God that it all turned out fine.

When the water thinks _well I'll just go around then._

This all happened because of the stupidly built dam that didnt account for debris.

I’d guess suspension bridges that don’t have supports in the high flood waterway will be the preferred option going forward.

When I was a kid my dams usually failed the same way. I'm surprised the central span of that bridge hasn't given up against gravity yet.

At this point, why not just let the river go back to its natural channel. Take the damn out and let nature do its thing. If they let the river continue where it is, it will eat away at that loose rock at the bend and eventually the river will find a new course.

The county or state (not sure who was supposed to be maintaining this) didn't do their job at all. It's amazing how many years go by with major infrastructure never being cleaned or looked at and the local officials all act surprised when there's a failure or catastrophic event. Makes me think of the bridge in Pittsburgh where they're ignored the visible damage and did nothing until it failed. Now they will beg for federal money to fix this. Unreal.

Bridge pier scour was caused by the debris caught on the upstream side not being removed thus causing turbulence.

Thanks for the video and showing the bridge supports up close!

Dam

Would love to know what going on with the folks that lost their home. How are they coping with this now.

2 sections on the end were never even opened

First they have to do a environmental impact study which will take three years then think about it then request federal funds. If state government would have done there job and kept the damb dam clear of debris they wouldn't have this problem. I hope the people that lost there business and home sue the state for not maintaining there dam

Should have kept the spillways clear . Was it not in the budget? Incompetence.

This is what happens when you don't keep a dam cleared of trees that block the water flow. Those trees (and even more) were there blocking the Dam before the flood !

They need to remove that dam at this point, shore up the bridge supports and leave well enough alone.

Really washed out / failed from the last video .

I feel sorry for the people who's house got washed away.