Bee Branch Project  Gates at the Garfield Avenue Railroad Crossing Tested

Photo: City of Dubuque
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The City of Dubuque's mammoth Bee Branch Project marked a significant step toward completetion last week, as the enormous newly-installed gates at the Garfield Avenue Railroad Crossing were closed and tested.  The gates which will keep high water levels on the downstream side from causing water to flow back upstream into Bee Branch Creek.

Photo: City of Dubuque
Photo: City of Dubuque
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The city issued a report on the project on Saturday calling the completion of this step a "significant milestone."  For more on The Bee Branch Railroad Culverts Project, see: cityofdubuque.org/2579/Bee-Branch-Railroad-Culverts.

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