EVANSVILLE — Six portions of the Pigeon Creek Greenway were closed Monday morning by high water and strong currents, Evansville Parks and Recreation Department officials said.
Although some trailheads were inundated, low ceilings under street bridges were the worst affected. The passage under Franklin Street accumulated the most significant amount of water, said Glenn Boberg, deputy director of the department.
When the Greenway was built, engineers had to balance flood resistance with low bridges under which pedestrians, cyclists and runners would pass. For the most part, the route stays dry.
The reopening of the Franklin Street bridge and portions of the Greenway will depend on when the waters recede and the trails can be cleaned up.
The reopening of the Franklin Street bridge and portions of the Greenway will depend on when the waters recede and the trails can be cleaned up.
"But when you've got this much rain, it will flood," Boberg said. "Our problem is if we made the trailhead too high, there would have been no headroom."
Along with Franklin Street, other closed locations are the Mead Johnson Trailhead near the Lloyd Expressway, the Kratzville Road Bridge, Uhlhorn Trailhead, the First Avenue Bridge and west of the Garvin Park Trailhead, he said.
The biggest issue is when the waters will recede.
"That all depends on the Ohio, because it's high," Boberg said.
"Then you have the Mississippi, and that's high, too. We aren't going to know much until the water goes down."
The heavy rains prompted meteorologists at the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky., to issue an urban and small-stream flood advisory on Monday for Vanderburgh, Warrick, Gibson, Posey, Pike and Spencer counties.
A weather service prediction calls for rain to continue through tonight. Rains should give way Wednesday to sunny skies, with a high of about 55 degrees, according to the weather service.
Although some trailheads were inundated, low ceilings under street bridges were the worst affected. The passage under Franklin Street accumulated the most significant amount of water, said Glenn Boberg, deputy director of the department.
When the Greenway was built, engineers had to balance flood resistance with low bridges under which pedestrians, cyclists and runners would pass. For the most part, the route stays dry.
The reopening of the Franklin Street bridge and portions of the Greenway will depend on when the waters recede and the trails can be cleaned up.
The reopening of the Franklin Street bridge and portions of the Greenway will depend on when the waters recede and the trails can be cleaned up.
"But when you've got this much rain, it will flood," Boberg said. "Our problem is if we made the trailhead too high, there would have been no headroom."
Along with Franklin Street, other closed locations are the Mead Johnson Trailhead near the Lloyd Expressway, the Kratzville Road Bridge, Uhlhorn Trailhead, the First Avenue Bridge and west of the Garvin Park Trailhead, he said.
The biggest issue is when the waters will recede.
"That all depends on the Ohio, because it's high," Boberg said.
"Then you have the Mississippi, and that's high, too. We aren't going to know much until the water goes down."
The heavy rains prompted meteorologists at the National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky., to issue an urban and small-stream flood advisory on Monday for Vanderburgh, Warrick, Gibson, Posey, Pike and Spencer counties.
A weather service prediction calls for rain to continue through tonight. Rains should give way Wednesday to sunny skies, with a high of about 55 degrees, according to the weather service.
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