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By Times Free Press Staff September 7, 2011 1 min read

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Ross’s Landing project survives flooding

Seen Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn., the rising level of the Tennessee River has covered the dock and lower steps at the 21st Century Waterfront at Ross's Landing.

Seen Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn., the rising level of the Tennessee River has covered the dock and lower steps at the 21st Century Waterfront at Ross's Landing.

Seen Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn., the rising level of the Tennessee River has covered the dock and lower steps at the 21st Century Waterfront at Ross's Landing.

Seen Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn., the rising level of the Tennessee River has covered the dock and lower steps at the 21st Century Waterfront at Ross's Landing.

Seen Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn., the rising level of the Tennessee River has covered the dock and lower steps at the 21st Century Waterfront at Ross's Landing.

Seen Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn., the rising level of the Tennessee River has covered the dock and lower steps at the 21st Century Waterfront at Ross's Landing.

Seen Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn., the rising level of the Tennessee River has covered the dock and lower steps at the 21st Century Waterfront at Ross's Landing.

A great blue heron takes off from his perch on the railing of a submerged fishing pier as water is released from all the spillways at the Chickamauga Dam on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn., causing the level of the Tennessee River to rise below the dam.

Seen Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn., the rising level of the Tennessee River has covered the dock and lower steps at the 21st Century Waterfront at Ross's Landing.