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Demopolis Lock Reopens After 4-Month Closure The mv. Thelma Parker II takes the first tow into Demopolis Lock May 16 after the lock reopened following a four-month closure. (Photo courtesy of Mobile Engineer District)

The mv. Thelma Parker II takes the first tow into Demopolis Lock May 16 after the lock reopened following a four-month closure. (Photo courtesy of Mobile Engineer District)

Demopolis Lock Reopens After 4-Month Closure

May 17, 2024

Four months to the day after the upper miter sill failed at Demopolis Lock on the Tombigbee River, the lock reopened to navigation May 16, roughly two weeks ahead… Read More

Willow Island Lock Work Nears Completion

May 14, 2024

A major hydraulic system replacement at Willow Island Locks and Dam, Ohio River Mile 161.7, is expected to be complete within days, putting an end to sometimes lengthy delays. Read More

Demolition Of Lower Mon Dam 3 At Elizabeth Set For July The dam at Monongahela Locks and Dam 3 at Elizabeth, Pa., will be removed by explosive demolition beginning the week of July 8 to create a navigable pass in a 30-mile pool between Locks and Dam 2 at Braddock and Locks and Dam 4 at Charleroi. Construction on the Elizabeth Facility, Mile 23.8, began in 1905 and was completed in 1907. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

The dam at Monongahela Locks and Dam 3 at Elizabeth, Pa., will be removed by explosive demolition beginning the week of July 8 to create a navigable pass in a 30-mile pool between Locks and Dam 2 at Braddock and Locks and Dam 4 at Charleroi. Construction on the Elizabeth Facility, Mile 23.8, began in 1905 and was completed in 1907. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

Demolition Of Lower Mon Dam 3 At Elizabeth Set For July

May 3, 2024

Beginning the week of July 8, the Pittsburgh Engineer District plans to demolish the more than 100-year-old Monongahela Locks and Dam 3 at Elizabeth, Pa. The facility, which… Read More

Nashville District Solicits Bids For Final Chickamauga Lock Contract Photo shows construction progress at Chickamauga Lock as of February 20. (Photo by Luciano Vera/Nashville Engineer District)

Photo shows construction progress at Chickamauga Lock as of February 20. (Photo by Luciano Vera/Nashville Engineer District)

Nashville District Solicits Bids For Final Chickamauga Lock Contract

April 17, 2024

The Nashville Engineer District is soliciting bids from contractors for the final contract in the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project in Chattanooga, Tenn. The contract includes constructing the… Read More

First Concrete Pour Completed At Demopolis Lock The first concrete is poured for the Demopolis Lock repair project. (Photo courtesy of Anthony Perkins)

The first concrete is poured for the Demopolis Lock repair project. (Photo courtesy of Anthony Perkins)

First Concrete Pour Completed At Demopolis Lock

April 12, 2024

The concrete trucks began arriving at Demopolis Lock on the Tombigbee River in rural Alabama around 4 a.m. April 11 for the first of seven concrete pours to repair… Read More

Daytime Closures At Bayou Sorrel Lock To Last Through The Fall

April 2, 2024

Vessels transiting the Morgan City-Port Allen alternative route on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Louisiana will be dealing with weekday daytime closures at Bayou Sorrel Lock through the… Read More

Debris Removal Completed At Demopolis Lock On a deck barge in the lock chamber, crews assemble forms that will eventually be lifted into the chamber to hold newly-poured concrete in place. (Photo courtesy of Mobile Engineer District)

On a deck barge in the lock chamber, crews assemble forms that will eventually be lifted into the chamber to hold newly-poured concrete in place. (Photo courtesy of Mobile Engineer District)

Debris Removal Completed At Demopolis Lock

March 29, 2024

The effort to repair Demopolis Lock on the Tombigbee River in Alabama has entered a new phase, now that debris removal is complete. The Mobile Engineer District marked the… Read More

Upper Miss Lock And Dam 2 Dewatered For Maintenance

March 5, 2024

As part of its ongoing work to inspect and repair severallocks on the Upper Mississippi River, the St. Paul Engineer District dewatered Lock and Dam 2 at Hastings, Minn.,… Read More

Demolition Complete At Ohio Locks And Dam 53 From left, former diver supervisor Randy Robertson and dive tenders Phillip Noel and Jake Winburn work with diver Kenny Robertson to remove a worn-out white oak wicket from the dam at Lock and Dam 53 on the Ohio River, June 26, 2012. (Photo courtesy of Louisville Engineer District)

From left, former diver supervisor Randy Robertson and dive tenders Phillip Noel and Jake Winburn work with diver Kenny Robertson to remove a worn-out white oak wicket from the dam at Lock and Dam 53 on the Ohio River, June 26, 2012. (Photo courtesy of Louisville Engineer District)

Demolition Complete At Ohio Locks And Dam 53

March 1, 2024

The Louisville Engineer District has announced the official closure of the Ohio River Locks and Dam 53 project. “Locks and Dams 52 and 53 were the last remaining… Read More

Charleroi Riverside Chamber Nears Completion On Lower Mon

A downstream view of the newly constructed lock chamber at the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 4 in Charleroi, Pa., taken on February 14. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is currently conducting fully integrated system tests on the new navigation chamber, which measures 84 feet wide by 720 feet long. The Pittsburgh District continues to adjust the system’s programming to prepare the lock to open for navigation later this year. The facility is part of the Lower Monongahela River Project, which includes locks and dams at Charleroi, Elizabeth and Braddock, Pa. The three locks experience the highest volume of commercial traffic on the entire Monongahela River navigation system. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District photo by Michel Sauret)

Charleroi Riverside Chamber Nears Completion On Lower Mon

February 23, 2024

Operational testing is taking place on the new, expanded riverside lock chamber at Lock 4 on the Monongahela River in Charleroi, Pa., with the chamber expected to be complete… Read More