The Pittsburgh Engineer District has awarded the first construction contract for the $1.8 billion Upper Ohio Navigation Project. Richard Goettle Inc. of Cincinnati, Ohio, won the roughly $4.7 million contract… Read More
Locks and Dams
Preliminary test results suggest a bio-acoustic fish fence (BAFF) installed at Barkley Dam in November 2019 is deterring the movement of Asian carp from the Cumberland River into Lake Barkley. Read More
Blasting at the former Dam 52 on the Ohio River near Brookport, Ill., is complete, with demolition at the former Dam 53 to begin within the next couple of weeks. Read More
A barge broke away from its mooring above Tom Bevill Lock & Dam on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in the overnight hours June 11–12, floating downstream and striking the spillway at… Read More
Over the last 30 days, the communities along Bayou Sorrel and the Port Allen Alternate Route of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) have seen an astounding amount of rainfall on… Read More
Blasting will begin in mid-May this year and last through late June 2022 to demolish the former Lock and Dam 53 near Olmsted, Ill. Daily blasting is expected Monday through… Read More
After an emergency closure that lasted about a week, Coffeeville Lock, located at Mile 116.6 on the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway (BWT) is back open to navigation. The Mobile Engineer District… Read More
The Chicago Harbor Lock reopened April 15 after a five-month closure to reconstruct a portion of the north chamber wall, with similar closures expected over the next four winters. The… Read More
The Mobile Engineer District announced April 14 the emergency closure of Coffeeville Lock at Mile 116.6 of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway (BWT) due to damage to the lower miter gate’s… Read More
Crews have completed the cofferdam at the Kentucky Lock Addition Project, a milestone in preparing for downstream excavation work that will include construction of the remaining portion of the new… Read More
