Work is underway to design a new, 1,200-foot lock chamber at LaGrange Lock and Dam on the Illinois River. The Rock Island Engineer District, working in conjunction with the Great… Read More
Locks and Dams
Two meetings, one for industry and one for the public, are planned December 5 regarding the Brandon Road Interbasin Project. The complex and innovative ecosystem restoration project is being constructed… Read More
The main lock chamber at Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam, Ohio River Mile 436.2, is closed following a dive inspection November 20. The lock needs to be dewatered to… Read More
The initial images from Algiers Lock in New Orleans back in the summer, following a July 4 allision, certainly made an impression. Around 6 p.m. that day, the lead barge… Read More
The lock expansion project at Lock and Dam 25 poured its first concrete November 3 and had another pouring November 15. It is currently on schedule and slightly under budget. Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District is closing four of its locks and dams in early December for maintenance. The closures will officially end the 2023 navigation season on the Mississippi… Read More
Officials with the Vicksburg Engineer District announced that Lindy C. Boggs Lock, also known as Lock 1, on the Red River near Marksville, La., will reopen to navigation November 18,… Read More
Repair work continues at Lindy C. Boggs Lock and Dam, also known as Lock 1, on the Red River near Marksville, La., after a crack in the miter gate anchorage… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District awarded a $1.5 million contract to OCCI Inc., doing business as Missouri Fabricators, of Fulton, Mo., to fabricate four replacement tainter valves at Upper Mississippi… Read More
Tows are waiting an average of 13 to 15 hours to begin locking through Wilson Lock on the Tennessee River, more than two years after remnants of a hurricane sank… Read More
