Next year, simultaneous lock and dam closures for major repairs on several locks will close much of the Illinois River. But right now, in a foretaste of those disruptions, barge… Read More
Locks and Dams
Salvors have removed the second of two barges that had been lodged against Webbers Falls Lock and Dam on the Arkansas River since May. Rob Steiner, navigation operations manager for… Read More
The Louisville Engineer District is soliciting bids for a contract for support for maintenance of wickets at Olmsted Dam on the lower Ohio River. The work includes all operations in… Read More
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
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
