The New Orleans and Vicksburg Engineer Districts have a pair of lock closures scheduled for this summer and fall that will temporarily disrupt navigation on both the Red and Ouachita… Read More
Locks and Dams
Beginning May 1, recreational vessels navigating the Tennessee River through Wilson Lock will only have passage three times during daylight hours until September 5. Following the conclusion of the dewatering… Read More
Work at Cheatham Lock at Cumberland River Mile 148.7 will begin this month and could cause navigation delays of up to several days. Work is to begin May 16 and… Read More
By Heather R. King Nashville Engineer District Work crews recently drained more than 15 million gallons of water from Wilson Lock, Tennessee River Mile 259.4, to provide maintenance workers dry… Read More
Mariners on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) in the Tulsa Engineer District will experience lock closures from April 26 through May 18. A contractor will be conducting diving… Read More
An influx of federal funding is allowing the completion of preconstruction engineering and design work and construction of the initial phase of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project, with the first… Read More
The project to build a new lock chamber at Emsworth Dam on the Ohio River received an additional $77 million in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) supplemental funding, the… Read More
Work at Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Illinois Waterway will include a restriction period and partial closure beginning next month and a full closure for three weeks in… Read More
The Vicksburg Engineer District announced March 25 the temporary closure of Thatcher Lock & Dam, the northernmost navigation structure on the Ouachita River near Camden, Ark., due to high water… Read More
Now in its 40th year, the Lock Maintenance Workshop has grown from a gathering of a dozen people to more than 150, including international participants. The workshop, hosted annually by… Read More
