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Installing echosounder on an Idaho bridge

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Hydrologic technicians from the USGS Idaho Water Science Center, with an assist from the Idaho Transportation Department's under brdige inspection truck, install an echosounder on a bridge over the Payette River near Letha, Idaho. The device will be used to provide real-time monitoring of bridge scour and is one of three such devices the USGS Idaho Water Science Center is installing in cooperation with the Idaho Transportation Department

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Photo courtesy Rene Leon, Idaho Transportation Department