The Olmsted Locks and Dam project has received a national award as one of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ top 10 outstanding engineering projects. Officials representing the Louisville Engineer… Read More
Locks and Dams
The New Orleans Engineer District has announced a necessary 30- to 60-day closure of the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lock in New Orleans for emergency repairs to the 97-year-old… Read More
By Lee Roberts Nashville Engineer District Public Affairs A contractor for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has placed the 10th and final concrete shell for the Kentucky Lock addition… Read More
A study commissioned by the Pacific Northwest Waterways Association (PNWA) has found that if the four lower Snake River dams were removed, the closures would cost up to $2.3 billion… Read More
Two recent studies by the members of the University of Tennessee’s Transportation Institute have estimated devastating consequences of possible lock closures. One study looks at possible scenarios for corn and… Read More
The busiest recreational lock on the Allegheny River reopened November 14 after months of repair work that began August 5. During the work, the lock chamber was open several times… Read More
Commercial navigation is moving again through the John H. Overton Lock—also called Lock 2—on the Red River located at Mile 40.8 near Alexandria, La., following a two-month closure for dewatering,… Read More
The St. Paul Engineer District recently awarded a $3.2 million contract to Kaiyuh Services LLC, Fort McCoy, Wis., to install new miter gate anchorages at Upper Mississippi River Lock and… Read More
Bonneville Lock and Dam on the Columbia River reopened on the evening of September 27 after having been closed since September 8. The Corps of Engineers had originally predicted an… Read More
Cleanup efforts are almost complete at Jamie Whitten Lock at Mile 412 on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway following an early September incident that led to the release of crude oil into… Read More
