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Emsworth Project Gets Additional $77 Million Part of the Upper Ohio Navigation Project involves recapitalizing Emsworth Locks and Dam. (Corps of Engineers photo by Andrew Byrne)

Part of the Upper Ohio Navigation Project involves recapitalizing Emsworth Locks and Dam. (Corps of Engineers photo by Andrew Byrne)

Emsworth Project Gets Additional $77 Million

April 8, 2022

The project to build a new lock chamber at Emsworth Dam on the Ohio River received an additional $77 million in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) supplemental funding, the… Read More

Funding For Upper Ohio Project Included In Appropriations Bill

August 23, 2021

A Pennsylvania senator is using congressionally directed spending to include $21.5 million for the Upper Ohio Navigation System project in the fiscal year 2022 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill. Read More

Work Plan Funding Kick Starts Upper Ohio Project The Corps of Engineers’ heavy lift derrick boat lifts one leaf of the downstream main chamber miter gate for repairs in 2018 at Dashields Lock and Dam on the Ohio River. Auxiliary chambers at Dashields, Montgomery and Emsworth locks and dams will be replaced as part of the Upper Ohio River Navigation Project. (Photo courtesy of Pittsburgh Engineer District)

The Corps of Engineers’ heavy lift derrick boat lifts one leaf of the downstream main chamber miter gate for repairs in 2018 at Dashields Lock and Dam on the Ohio River. Auxiliary chambers at Dashields, Montgomery and Emsworth locks and dams will be replaced as part of the Upper Ohio River Navigation Project. (Photo courtesy of Pittsburgh Engineer District)

Work Plan Funding Kick Starts Upper Ohio Project

April 2, 2021

With a $22 million boost for pre-engineering, planning and the beginning of construction, a long-awaited Ohio River infrastructure project is moving forward more rapidly. The Upper Ohio Navigation Project involves… Read More

Main Chamber Closure Set At Emsworth L&D —photo by Carol Vernon, Pittsburgh Engineer District The main chamber at Emsworth Locks and Dam will be closed from August 31 to November 13.

—photo by Carol Vernon, Pittsburgh Engineer District The main chamber at Emsworth Locks and Dam will be closed from August 31 to November 13.

Main Chamber Closure Set At Emsworth L&D

July 31, 2020

The main chamber at Emsworth Locks and Dam will be closed from August 31 until November 13, the Pittsburgh Engineer District announced last week. The Corps’ repair fleet will dewater… Read More