PROJECT SUMMARY:
The Missouri State Parks Department wanted to create an area
where visitors could watch as the Missouri and
Mississippi rivers merge. The location is called
Confluence Point State Park. A short trail marking Lewis and
Clark's historic trek leads visitors to confluence point where
visitors can can relax and enjoy the many species of songbirds,
shore birds, wading birds, waterfowl and raptors as they watch
the rivers flow by.
PROJECT SOLUTION:
Restoration of the natural floodplain meant that Ideal crews
needed to install over 500 specially manufactured octagonal
pavers to line the channel along the edge of the park.
Each paver weighed in excess of 300 pounds. Once installed, grass was planted among the pavers to give the
park a scenic look.
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS:
Long and difficult admittance to the site (because of an
un-finished roadway) meant trips through soggy mud filled areas
during the spring rainy season making equipment access a
difficult challenge at best.
PROJECT RECORD:
View looking south
east with the completed pavers in place. The
Missouri River is flowing in from the right, converging
with the Mississippi flowing in from the left.
All of the work was
completed in the early portion of the year making the job
quite cold.
The tedious process
of leveling and backfilling each of the 300 pound pavers
on the site.
The process of
backfilling all of the individual pavers continues.
Views of the
completed seat-walls and sidewalks at the park.
Off to the left heavy
limestone revetment is placed to protect against high
river levels.
Another view looking
off the end of the park towards the confluence of the
rivers.
