Case Study
Bluff Stabilization Along Mississippi River Near Hickman, Kentucky
PROJECT PROFILE Gradual erosion of a 100-foot-high, 500-foot-long section of a loess bluff located above the Mississippi River was progressively encroaching on residen- tial and public properties in Hickman, Kentucky. As part of an open-end con- tract for the US Army Corps of Engi- neers, Memphis District, D'Appolonia was retained to conduct preliminary analyses of suitable alternatives for sta- bilizing the bluff and to prepare final d