"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.
:

You 'were diverted' around an MOA? Don't you mean you decided to fly around it. There is no requirement to stay out of
MOAs...




: 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.
:


Yes, as Jim said, these are pet projects for the Corps of Engineers. The straight runs avoid the twists and turns and
shallows of the mighty Missisippi that Mark Twain wrote about...