revetment News - The Waterways Journal

Memphis District Completes Revetment Project

February 9, 2023

A Memphis Engineer District project delivery team recently completed a $5.3 million revetment project on the Mississippi River in Bauxippi-Wyanoke, Ark. Work began in November last year when historic low… Read More

Memphis District Begins Revetment Season The Corps’ Mat Sinking Unit performs revetment work at Mississippi River Mile 632 near Fair Landing, Ark. (Photo courtesy of Memphis Engineer District)

The Corps’ Mat Sinking Unit performs revetment work at Mississippi River Mile 632 near Fair Landing, Ark. (Photo courtesy of Memphis Engineer District)

Memphis District Begins Revetment Season

June 24, 2020

The Memphis Engineer District began its revetment season June 11, with District Commander Col. Zachary Miller hosting a kickoff meeting at the Ensley Engineer Yard. The Corps’ Mat Sinking Unit… Read More

Corps Revetment Team Looks To The Future MSU crew members transfer concrete squares from a deck barge onto the mat laying barge. Each deck barge holds about 500 squares, and the MSU crew can lay six or seven barges’ worth of squares per day. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

MSU crew members transfer concrete squares from a deck barge onto the mat laying barge. Each deck barge holds about 500 squares, and the MSU crew can lay six or seven barges’ worth of squares per day. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Corps Revetment Team Looks To The Future

February 14, 2020

Near a bend in the Mississippi River above the Sunshine Bridge in Louisiana, scores of vehicles—some cars but mostly trucks—are parked along the crown of the levee and all along… Read More

With Mississippi River On the Rise, MSU Ends Revetment Season Early

January 24, 2020

With the Carrollton Gage of the Mississippi River in New Orleans already above 14 feet, the Vicksburg Engineer District has announced that the district’s Mat Sinking Unit (MSU) suspended its… Read More