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Eddyville Riverport Set for Major Expansion With Grant Support The Eddyville Riverport and Industrial Development Authority, Cumberland River Mile 43, expects to break ground on a major expansion in the fall. (Photos courtesy of the Eddyville Riverport and Industrial Development Authority)

The Eddyville Riverport and Industrial Development Authority, Cumberland River Mile 43, expects to break ground on a major expansion in the fall. (Photos courtesy of the Eddyville Riverport and Industrial Development Authority)

Eddyville Riverport Set for Major Expansion With Grant Support

May 9, 2025

Within the next month, the Eddyville (Ky.) Riverport and Industrial Development Authority expects to finalize grant funding that will allow for a major expansion, with work beginning this fall. A… Read More

Cheatham Lock Closed for Maintenance

March 21, 2025

Cheatham Lock, located at Cumberland River Mile 148.7, is currently under scheduled maintenance as part a joint effort between the Nashville Engineer District and the Corps of Engineers’ Regional Rivers… Read More

Corps, TVA Minimize High-Water Impacts Water Release Operations at Old Hickory Lock and Dam

Corps, TVA Minimize High-Water Impacts

February 21, 2025

While unregulated streams and rivers caused flash flooding in the Tennessee, Cumberland and Ohio valleys in recent days, close coordination between the Corps of Engineers and the Tennessee Valley Authority… Read More

Corps Dive Team Assesses Gates At Wilson Lock

October 11, 2024

The Nashville Engineer District is continuing efforts to map out a repair plan for the lower miter gates in the main chamber of Wilson Lock on the Tennessee River near… Read More

Tow Sizes, Drafts Reduced As Lower Miss Falls The Dredge Hurley works earlier this summer near Baton Rouge, La. (Photo courtesy of the New Orleans Engineer District)

The Dredge Hurley works earlier this summer near Baton Rouge, La. (Photo courtesy of the New Orleans Engineer District)

Tow Sizes, Drafts Reduced As Lower Miss Falls

September 6, 2024

With draft and tow sizes already cut on the Lower Mississippi and little rain in the forecast, the inland navigation industry is preparing for a low-water season that could hit… Read More

Kentucky Works To Extend Marine Highways Program

A map shows navigable waterways within the state of Kentucky. While the Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee rivers are already part of the U.S. Maritime Administration’s United States Marine Highways Grant Program, transportation officials recently were able to add the Licking River as an Ohio River tributary and are seeking to add the Green, Big Sandy and Cumberland rivers. (Map courtesy of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet)

Kentucky Works To Extend Marine Highways Program

July 19, 2024

Kentucky transportation officials are working with the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) to designate additional Kentucky rivers as marine highways. On June 11, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet received notice that the… Read More

Corps Projects Reduced Nashville-Area Flood Impacts By $180 Million This map shows the difference between the reduced flood impacts experienced in the vicinity of Nashville, Tenn., on the Cumberland River in early May 2024 with estimated impacts (shown in red) if USACE dam storage projects were not in operation. (Corps of Engineers graphic)

This map shows the difference between the reduced flood impacts experienced in the vicinity of Nashville, Tenn., on the Cumberland River in early May 2024 with estimated impacts (shown in red) if USACE dam storage projects were not in operation. (Corps of Engineers graphic)

Corps Projects Reduced Nashville-Area Flood Impacts By $180 Million

May 31, 2024

A preliminary analysis of data from the early May high-water event in middle Tennessee has revealed that Corps of Engineers projects reduced flood damage by an estimated $180 million, the… Read More

Cumberland River Reopens At Smithland Following Bridge Implosion

December 11, 2023

The Cumberland River reopened at Mile 2.7 about 11:45 a.m. December 4, following delays related to imploding the old bridge crossing the river. Contractors imploded the old U.S. 60 Cumberland… Read More

Explosives Demolish Old Cumberland River Bridge At Smithland, Ky. Explosive charges take down the 1931 Old U.S. 60 Cumberland River Bridge at Smithland, Ky., on November 30. Traffic moved to the new, blue bridge alongside it in May. (photo by Keith Todd/Kentucky Department of Highways)

Explosive charges take down the 1931 Old U.S. 60 Cumberland River Bridge at Smithland, Ky., on November 30. Traffic moved to the new, blue bridge alongside it in May. (photo by Keith Todd/Kentucky Department of Highways)

Explosives Demolish Old Cumberland River Bridge At Smithland, Ky.

December 1, 2023

A 92-year-old bridge over the Cumberland River at Smithland, Ky., was successfully imploded November 30. Known as the Old U.S. 60 Cumberland River Bridge or the Lucy Jefferson Lewis Memorial… Read More

Explosive Demolition Of Old Smithland Bridge Delayed Old (left) and new spans across the Cumberland River at Smithland, Ky. (Photo courtesy of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet)

Old (left) and new spans across the Cumberland River at Smithland, Ky. (Photo courtesy of Kentucky Transportation Cabinet)

Explosive Demolition Of Old Smithland Bridge Delayed

November 20, 2023

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Jim Smith Contracting and a demolition subcontractor have moved the explosive demolition of the Old U.S. 60 Cumberland River Bridge at Smithland, Ky., to November 29… Read More