More Flood of 2009

March 26 Flood Pictures

After our visit to East Grand Forks we headed to Downtown Grand Forks and drove up the County Office Building parking ramp to catch the view. Lot's of people had the same idea.


This is the Sorlie Bridge. The flood wall pictured is the closure gate for the BNSF rail bridge that is currently closed.



A wider view.

If you looked in the above photos you can see this Flood Obelisk which marks the 5 major flood levels of the Red River.

If you click on this photo you can see the obelisk with the record 1997 flood level marked.




This is a view of the BNSF rail bridge looking into East Grand Forks.

This is the Point Bridge near the forks of the Red Lake River and the Red River of the North. It is also closed.

You can see the Louis Murray bridge on the Red Lake River in this view. It is now closed.

You can see both bridges in this view. The Crystal Sugar factory is in the background. The buildings in the foreground are two of the oldest Downtown buildings left. They were moved after the 1997 flood.