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Corps Provides Update On Brandon Road Interbasin Project Corps of Engineers graphic shows the many methods by which Brandon Road Lock will prevent passage of Asian carp.

Corps of Engineers graphic shows the many methods by which Brandon Road Lock will prevent passage of Asian carp.

Corps Provides Update On Brandon Road Interbasin Project

April 15, 2022

An influx of federal funding is allowing the completion of preconstruction engineering and design work and construction of the initial phase of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project, with the… Read More

Emsworth Project Gets Additional $77 Million Part of the Upper Ohio Navigation Project involves recapitalizing Emsworth Locks and Dam. (Corps of Engineers photo by Andrew Byrne)

Part of the Upper Ohio Navigation Project involves recapitalizing Emsworth Locks and Dam. (Corps of Engineers photo by Andrew Byrne)

Emsworth Project Gets Additional $77 Million

April 8, 2022

The project to build a new lock chamber at Emsworth Dam on the Ohio River received an additional $77 million in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) supplemental funding,… Read More

Brandon Road Lock Work Expected To Cause Delays This Summer

April 4, 2022

Work at Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Illinois Waterway will include a restriction period and partial closure beginning next month and a full closure for three weeks… Read More

High Water Closes Thatcher Lock & Dam On Ouachita

April 4, 2022

The Vicksburg Engineer District announced March 25 the temporary closure of Thatcher Lock & Dam, the northernmost navigation structure on the Ouachita River near Camden, Ark., due to high… Read More

Lock Maintenance Workshop Celebrates 40 Years Of Collaboration Lock Maintenance Workshop participants toured the Corps’ Engineer Research and Development Center’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign, Ill., during the 2020 workshop, the last to be held in-person because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Great Lakes and Ohio River Engineer Division)

Lock Maintenance Workshop participants toured the Corps’ Engineer Research and Development Center’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign, Ill., during the 2020 workshop, the last to be held in-person because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Great Lakes and Ohio River Engineer Division)

Lock Maintenance Workshop Celebrates 40 Years Of Collaboration

April 1, 2022

Now in its 40th year, the Lock Maintenance Workshop has grown from a gathering of a dozen people to more than 150, including international participants. The workshop, hosted… Read More

Demolition At Ohio River L&Ds 52, 53 To Wrap Up In 2022 A blast from underwater demolition takes places November 19, 2021, at the former Ohio River Lock and Dam 53. Landside demolition at the former locks and dams 52 in Brookport, Ill., and 53 in Olmsted, Ill., was completed in 2021. The marine demolition at both projects is expected to be completed by the end of 2022. (Photo courtesy of Louisville Engineer District)

A blast from underwater demolition takes places November 19, 2021, at the former Ohio River Lock and Dam 53. Landside demolition at the former locks and dams 52 in Brookport, Ill., and 53 in Olmsted, Ill., was completed in 2021. The marine demolition at both projects is expected to be completed by the end of 2022. (Photo courtesy of Louisville Engineer District)

Demolition At Ohio River L&Ds 52, 53 To Wrap Up In 2022

April 1, 2022

Demolition at the former Ohio River locks and dams 52 and 53 in southern Illinois is expected to be complete by the end of the year. While landside… Read More

Bonneville Lock Work Dwarfed by the massive structure, divers inspect a downstream navigation lock gate during an annual lock outage at Bonneville Lock on the Columbia River. (Photo courtesy of Portland Engineer District)

Dwarfed by the massive structure, divers inspect a downstream navigation lock gate during an annual lock outage at Bonneville Lock on the Columbia River. (Photo courtesy of Portland Engineer District)

Bonneville Lock Work

March 30, 2022

The Portland Engineer District recently released a video showing some of the work performed during a recent closure of Bonneville Lock on the Columbia River. During the closure,… Read More

Corps Discusses Plans For 1,200-Foot Chamber Construction At Lock & Dam 25

March 8, 2022

The Corps of Engineers project team in charge of the Lock & Dam 25 construction is moving ahead, while reconfiguring its plans now that it has full funding. … Read More

Thatcher Project Highlights Ingenuity, Community Partnerships A maintenance crew with the Vicksburg Engineer District removes a portion of the hinged crest gate from Thatcher Lock and Dam on the Ouachita River. The Corps removed the gate and installed the lock and dam’s poiree needle system in early February after discovering that the gate’s anchorages were leaking, causing the Corps to lose pool on Thatcher Lake. (Vicksburg Engineer District photo)

A maintenance crew with the Vicksburg Engineer District removes a portion of the hinged crest gate from Thatcher Lock and Dam on the Ouachita River. The Corps removed the gate and installed the lock and dam’s poiree needle system in early February after discovering that the gate’s anchorages were leaking, causing the Corps to lose pool on Thatcher Lake. (Vicksburg Engineer District photo)

Thatcher Project Highlights Ingenuity, Community Partnerships

March 4, 2022

Officials with the Vicksburg Engineer District’s Thatcher Lock & Dam, the northernmost navigation structure on the Ouachita River in Arkansas, first noticed something wrong at the structure in late… Read More

Closures Announced For Norrell, Hardin Locks On MKARNS In 2022

February 24, 2022

The Little Rock Engineer District reports that Norrell Lock (Lock 1) and Joe Hardin Lock (Lock 3) on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) are scheduled for closures… Read More