The Fox Point Hurricane Barrier is a 3,000-foot (910 m) long tidal flood barrier spanning the Providence River in Providence, Rhode Island, located 750...

immovable barrier of stone and fill. It has three land and one marine door for access in calm seas. The nearby Fox Point Hurricane Barrier protects the...

; the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier in Providence, R.I.; and the New Bedford Harbor Hurricane Barrier in New Bedford, Mass. Hours before Hurricane Sandy...

(13 km). There are no dams along the river's length, although the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier is located south of downtown to protect the city of Providence...

Accountability established. 2012 - October 29: Hurricane Sandy hits Providence. The Fox Point Hurricane Barrier is credited with saving the city from major...

evidence that this was the strongest hurricane to hit Rhode Island in over 300 years. The Fox Point Hurricane Barrier was completed in 1966 because of the...

Museum was located here until 2008, when the submarine sank. The Fox Point Hurricane Barrier is also found here, built to protect Providence from storm surge...

Roller dam "The Tainter Gate". Dunn County Historical Society. "Fox Point Hurricane Barrier". Providence RI Dept. of Public Works. Archived from the original...

Island, the Army Corps of Engineers closed the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier in anticipation that the hurricane would make a direct strike on Providence. In...

reconstructed. RIDOT ultimately chose an alignment south of the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier, which would allow safety problems and congestion issues to be...

was opened the following year. The Fox Point Hurricane Barrier is the most prominent feature of this area. The barrier protects Providence from storm surge...

place to allow Point Street traffic to cross. It was last swung open in 1959. The Fox Point Hurricane Barrier, downstream of the Point Street Bridge and...

enforced Construction of the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier was begun after Hurricane Carol struck the area in 1954; the barrier was not completed until 1966...

The Providence River Bridge, completed in 2007, with the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier in the foreground....

The Fox Point Hurricane Barrier in Providence was lowered in order to reduce flood damage in the downtown area. Some communities south of the barrier were...

settlements of significance are Coopers Town and Fox Town in the north and Cherokee and Sandy Point in the south. Administratively, the Abaco Islands...

and in some cases flow over their banks. Storm surge at the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier reached 4.2 ft (1.3 m). By September 17, Floyd was located over...

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period is also Hurricane Allen in August 1980, with the most recent being Hurricane Harvey on August 25, 2017. In terms of wind speed, Hurricane Harvey is...

coastal areas. In Dauphin Island (a barrier island), approximately 90 mi (140 km) to the east of the point where the hurricane made landfall, the sand that comprised...

Missouri. the project for flood control, Duck Creek, Ohio the Fox Point hurricane barrier in Providence, Rhode Island (by amending the WRDA 1999) the flood...

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percent with politically charged show". Fox News. Retrieved October 12, 2018. Venta, Lance (October 10, 2018). "Hurricane Michael's winds knock WFLA's sister...

[12] Camille was the second-most expensive hurricane in the United States, up to that point (behind Hurricane Betsy).[13] The storm directly killed 143...

throughout the entire day. During this 10 a.m. timeframe, hurricane-force winds continued over the barrier islands and Louisiana peninsula nearby; however, for...