While the record flooding in 2019 disrupted barge traffic throughout the inland waterways in the Midwest this spring and summer, some out-of-the-box thinking from the Corps of Engineers helped limit… Read More
Locks and Dams
This time last year, operators transiting Calcasieu Lock on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Southwest Louisiana were facing significant delays. Demolition began in June 2018 on the south guidewall, with… Read More
A public meeting was held July 11 in Brookport, Ill., to inform the community about the blasting plan for the upcoming demolition work at Lock and Dam 52 on the… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District will limit public access to Upper Mississippi River Lock and Dam 6 in Trempealeau, Wis., and Lock and Dam 7 in La Crescent, Minn., this… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District awarded a $17 million contract May 31 to Kraemer North America LLC, Burnsville, Minn., to rehab tow-haulage units at six Upper Mississippi River locks and… Read More
With six decades of modernizing its locks behind it, the Huntington District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is turning its attention to the dams. First, though, it is… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District is delaying plans to dispose of three Mississippi River locks and dams near the Twin Cities. For a year, the Corps had been considering the… Read More
G&G Steel recently completed work on new upper and lower gates for Upper Mississippi River Lock 12. The upper gate is 25 feet tall by 62 feet wide and weighs 110 tons… Read More
The Louisville Engineer District announced April 11 that Corps natural resources managers and other personnel will be conducting prescribed burns at McAlpine Locks and Dam for the remainder of April. Read More
The barge industry is getting socked by closed locks and consequent delays on the Ohio, Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. Members of the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) were briefed on… Read More
