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Nenana River Stabilization

Published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan www.asabe.org

Citation:  International Symposium on Erosion and Landscape Evolution (ISELE), 18-21 September 2011, Anchorage, Alaska  711P0311cd Paper #11132.(doi:10.13031/2013.39190)
Authors:   Mark B Sherman, Tonya L Bear, Don Carlson
Keywords:   River restoration, River stabilization, Erosion, Deposition, Bulkhead, Port improvements, River modeling

The City of Nenana is a unique multi-modal transportation hub located on the Parks Highway at the confluence of the Tanana and Nenana Rivers. Nenana provides rail, highway, air and river transportation facilities. The river transportation aspect includes providing essential fuel and freight barge services to Yukon River communities from Pilot Station on the Bering Sea coast to Eagle near the Canadian border. The Port facilities in Nenana include a freight and fuel transfer facility utilizing a bulkhead retaining wall system along the Tanana River and a ways for removing barges, barge repair and storage area along the Nenana River.

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