I 80 Nebraska ???
Along I 80 in Nebraska there are ponds along the freeway approx. 1/4 mile long. What is the purpose of them and how do they keep them full? Thanks
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Like this?
https://maps.google.com/?ll=40.698519,-99.615719&spn=0.00937,0.021136&t=h&z=16
Much of I80 follows the Platte ('flat') River. So the water table is close to the surface. The pits themselves might be left over from the freeway construction, especially ones close to interchanges where they needed extra soil to build up the overpass.
This river was too shallow to use for boat travel, but wagon trains followed it because it was a reliable water source.
http://www.nebraskafishing.com/article.aspx?ID=369
fishing these borrow pits
https://maps.google.com/?ll=40.698519,-99.615719&spn=0.00937,0.021136&t=h&z=16
Much of I80 follows the Platte ('flat') River. So the water table is close to the surface. The pits themselves might be left over from the freeway construction, especially ones close to interchanges where they needed extra soil to build up the overpass.
This river was too shallow to use for boat travel, but wagon trains followed it because it was a reliable water source.
http://www.nebraskafishing.com/article.aspx?ID=369
fishing these borrow pits
