US Army Corps of Engineers probably built it. My guess is
that it is for hauling grain and flood control. Ask them or
your Congressman.

Zoom out on the picture and you'll see that several canals
come together from different places from the north.


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
| On our flight from Memphis, TN to Iowa City, IA, today, we
were
| diverted around the Lindbergh MOA. This took us over the
small town of
| Kennett, MO, which brought us over a pretty amazing sight.
|
| Just east of the Kennett Airport (KTKX) there is (what
looks for all
| the world like) a "freeway canal" -- with multiple lanes!
It stretches
| from horizon to horizon, with four "lanes" of canals, each
with
| elevated solid ground between them.
|
| Here is a Google Map satellite image of the canals. (It's
that
| impossibly straight, multi-lane line on the right side of
the
| picture.)
|
| http://tinyurl.com/yryfxc
|
| From our lofty perch at 7500 feet, we couldn't tell if
the land
| between "lanes" contained roads (for tractors to pull
barges?) -- but
| there was NO visible boat traffic. It appeared that only
two of the
| "lanes" were still dredged and navigable, but no one was
using them
| when we flew over.
|
| I've done some searching around the internet, and can find
nothing
| about this remarkable engineering feat. This thing must've
taken years
| to build -- yet I've never heard anything about it. Was
it really a
| "two-way" highway for boats? Why would they go to all
the work of
| making multiple lane canals, rather than just one wide
one?
|
| Can any pilots from the Show-Me State shed any light on
this?
|
| Thanks!
| --
| Jay Honeck
| Iowa City, IA
| Pathfinder N56993
| www.AlexisParkInn.com
| "Your Aviation Destination"
|