Missouri Department of Transportation - Using Big Bags USA system to keep roads open

Big Bags USA Systems prove successful in fighting floods

When flooding struck an area of Northwest Missouri in 2011, the Missouri Department of Transportation turned to the Big Bags USA System to keep water off the roads.  Crews from the Kansas City District, the former North Central District and the Northwest district of MoDOT worked together to install a two-mile stretch of Big Bags in mid-July on the west side of Route 65 to keep flood waters at bay and the road open.

“Using the Big Bags in this case helped us keep the road open, which we know area residents really appreciated,” said Brad Gates, MoDOT Northwest District.

Maintenance crews work to install Big Bags to keep flood waters off Route 65.
Each Big Bags USA system weighs only 50 pounds when empty, but when deployed they are quickly filled with sand to provide an effective flood barrier.  After doing their job, the bags were removed within a couple of days.  All the sand was then recovered and was reused in the winter.

Senior Maintenance Worker Fred Goetting helps remove two miles of Big Bags USA Systems from Route 65.
"The removal time of less than two days was amazing," Gates said.  "Everyone came together as one group to work on this project and do an outstanding job.  I am very proud to have such a group to work with."

Missouri was the first state in the area to purchase the Big Bags USA System.  For more info on Big Bags USA, go to www.bigbagsusa.com

Info for this blog was taken from an article in the MoDOT Connections newsletter.  To see the full article, go to http://www.modot.org/Connections/archives/2011/nov11.pdf.
 
 If you have an immediate need for our systems, or have any questions for us, please call at (573) 480-6699 or visit www.BigBagsUSA.com.

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