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Corps Awards Contract For Monongahela L&D 3 Removal Monongahela River Locks and Dam 3 at Elizabeth, Pa., will be removed as part of the Corps of Engineers’ Lower Monongahela Project. (Pittsburgh Engineer District photo by Michel Sauret)

Monongahela River Locks and Dam 3 at Elizabeth, Pa., will be removed as part of the Corps of Engineers’ Lower Monongahela Project. (Pittsburgh Engineer District photo by Michel Sauret)

Corps Awards Contract For Monongahela L&D 3 Removal

September 8, 2023

The Pittsburgh Engineer District announced September 5 that it has awarded a nearly $30 million contract to the Joseph B. Fay Company of Pittsburgh to remove the Monongahela River Locks… Read More

Tree Bundles Create Fish Habitat In Advance Of Lock Construction The Pittsburgh Engineer District placed bundles of trees—cut down to make way for a concrete batch plant at Montgomery Locks and Dam—into a slough in the Upper Ohio River in August as part of a unique program designed to prevent fish habitat loss from construction of new lock chambers. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

The Pittsburgh Engineer District placed bundles of trees—cut down to make way for a concrete batch plant at Montgomery Locks and Dam—into a slough in the Upper Ohio River in August as part of a unique program designed to prevent fish habitat loss from construction of new lock chambers. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

Tree Bundles Create Fish Habitat In Advance Of Lock Construction

September 1, 2023

Lashed together with steel cables, bundles of trees dangled from a helicopter over the upper Ohio River, ready to become fish habitats. Twenty-nine tree bundles, removed in March from the… Read More

Brandon Road Agreement Could Be Near

September 1, 2023

Construction of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project could be delayed if a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) isn’t signed between the Corps of Engineers and the state of Illinois by September… Read More

Corps Breaks Ground On Upper Ohio Navigation Project Corps, government and industry leaders turn shovels of dirt to ceremonially kick off the project. (photo by Shelley Byrne)

Corps, government and industry leaders turn shovels of dirt to ceremonially kick off the project. (photo by Shelley Byrne)

Corps Breaks Ground On Upper Ohio Navigation Project

August 18, 2023

The first shovels of dirt were turned ceremonially on August 11 at Montgomery Locks and Dam to mark the beginning of construction for phase one of the Upper Ohio Navigation… Read More

Crack Discovery Closes Melvin Price Main Lock

August 8, 2023

The St. Louis Engineer District temporarily closed the 1,200-foot main chamber at Melvin Price Locks and Dam in Alton, Ill., August 1 to all commercial and recreational traffic after a… Read More

Brandon Road Agreement Remains Elusive

August 4, 2023

State legislatures in Michigan and Illinois have now both passed funding measures that will help fund construction of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project, designed to keep invasive carp from spreading… Read More

Illinois Waterway Closure On Schedule At Halfway Point Unique view of the filling/emptying culverts inside the lock wall at Marseilles Lock and Dam. (Photo by Paul Rohde, Waterways Council Inc.)

Unique view of the filling/emptying culverts inside the lock wall at Marseilles Lock and Dam. (Photo by Paul Rohde, Waterways Council Inc.)

Illinois Waterway Closure On Schedule At Halfway Point

August 4, 2023

As the work passes the halfway point, three closed and dewatered locks and dams on the Illinois Waterway are on schedule for reopening September 30. “It’s on task and on… Read More

IWUB Requests Federal Funding For Cost Overruns The new, 1,200-foot lock chamber is being built next to the existing 600-foot lock chamber at Kentucky Lock and Dam in Gilbertsville, Ky.

The new, 1,200-foot lock chamber is being built next to the existing 600-foot lock chamber at Kentucky Lock and Dam in Gilbertsville, Ky.

IWUB Requests Federal Funding For Cost Overruns

July 27, 2023

During the July 20 meeting of the Inland Waterways Users Board (IWUB) in Paducah, Ky., the board voted unanimously to recommend that the remaining cost for several major lock construction… Read More

New Book Details Last Ohio River Wicket Dams’ History “Last of the Old Wicket Dams: A History of Ohio River Locks and Dams 52 and 53, 1928-2018” details the history of the wicket dams along the lower Ohio River that were replaced when Olmsted Locks and Dam came online in 2018. (Photo courtesy of the Louisville Engineer District)

“Last of the Old Wicket Dams: A History of Ohio River Locks and Dams 52 and 53, 1928-2018” details the history of the wicket dams along the lower Ohio River that were replaced when Olmsted Locks and Dam came online in 2018. (Photo courtesy of the Louisville Engineer District)

New Book Details Last Ohio River Wicket Dams’ History

July 7, 2023

A new book exploring the history of the Ohio River’s last two wicket dams is available from the Louisville Engineer District. “Last of the Old Wicket Dams: A History of… Read More

St. Louis Engineers Want Pilots’ Help In Designing Lock Feature Screenshot of Rose Point Navigation screen with virtual view of planned new 1.200-foot lock, to give captains the opportunity to provide feedback on the location of a proposed approach cell.

Screenshot of Rose Point Navigation screen with virtual view of planned new 1.200-foot lock, to give captains the opportunity to provide feedback on the location of a proposed approach cell.

St. Louis Engineers Want Pilots’ Help In Designing Lock Feature

June 30, 2023

If you are a towboat pilot or captain who regularly transits Lock 25 at Winfield, Mo., engineers and designers at the St. Louis Engineer District want your help in helping… Read More