A loaded rock barge hit a pier of the Cumberland River bridge in Smithland, Ky., briefly closing it July 19, but an inspector found no damage. The bridge carries U.S. Read More
Cumberland River
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has approved a construction bid for a new bridge carrying U.S. 60 across the Cumberland River at Smithland. Jim Smith Contracting of Grand Rivers, Ky., submitted… 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 p.m. daily… Read More
Pine Bluff Materials Company plans to create a barge fleeting area at two locations along the Cumberland River near Nashville, Tenn., for barges waiting to unload aggregate for asphalt and… Read More
Pine Bluff Sand & Gravel Company of Salem, Ky., has filed an application for a permit modification to allow a conveyor load-out system at its existing facility on the Cumberland… Read More
U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers crews, working closely with the Tennessee Valley Authority, located and recovered a high-voltage electricity transmission tower the afternoon of March 10… Read More
Tornadoes that killed more than 20 people across central Tennessee and destroyed dozens of homes and businesses early March 3 also ripped 30 barges from a fleeting area on the… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has honored the owner of a Tennessee marina with an award for saving a man’s life last fall. Lt. Col. Sonny B. Avichal, commander… Read More
With two new grants and the development of a master plan underway, the port of Eddyville (Ky.) is continuing to grow. The port, created on the Cumberland River impoundment of… Read More
Planned revisions to the Cordell Hull Lake Master Plan will not alter changes to water control or shoreline management and leases along the impoundment of its stretch of the Cumberland… Read More
