Barkley Lock on the Cumberland River reopened to commercial and recreational traffic at noon September 30 after nearly two months of dewatering, inspections and repairs, according to KBSI in… Read More
Barkley Lock
The Nashville Engineer District has determined a course for repairs to Kentucky Lock, Tennessee River Mile 22.4, following a tow collision that damaged a floating guard wall. While… Read More
Barkley Lock, Cumberland River Mile 30.6, will be closed through September 30 for miter gate repairs, causing increased delays at Kentucky Lock on the Tennessee River. The two… Read More
Kentucky Lock, at Tennessee River Mile 22.4, has been closed for repairs since a mechanical failure on January 24. According to a navigation notice from the Nashville… Read More
A broken stem on one of two emptying valves at Kentucky Lock will require a closure during daylight hours beginning September 6. The closure at the lock, Tennessee… Read More
Kentucky Lock will be closed January 31-February 24 to make repairs from where a tow ran into and damaged the upper miter gates in October. “When the tow… Read More
Preliminary test results suggest a bio-acoustic fish fence (BAFF) installed at Barkley Dam in November 2019 is deterring the movement of Asian carp from the Cumberland River into Lake… Read More
The Corps of Engineers has announced intermittent lock closures at Barkley, Cheatham and Chickamauga dams. Barkley Barkley Lock, at Cumberland River Mile 30.6 in Grand Rivers, Ky.,… Read More
The Nashville Engineer District has reported the following scheduled lock closures. June 24–28: Chickamauga Lock on the Tennessee River will have intermittent closures from 8 a.m. to 5… Read More
A crowd of more than 30 people squeezed into the Lake Barkley Resource Manager’s Office November 14 to hear about upcoming plans affecting river navigability in the coming months… Read More


