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Paducah Denied Dredging Permit, Plans To Reapply

Dredging & Marine Construction

Paducah Denied Dredging Permit, Plans To Reapply

December 31, 2020

The city of Paducah (Ky.) expects to spend thousands of dollars soon to reapply for a permit for strategic dredging of a sediment deposit affecting a business’ offloading of liquid… Read More

No Damage After Barge Hits Cumberland Bridge

July 27, 2020

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

Bid Approved For New Cumberland River Bridge Photo courtesy of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. A rendering shows a tow passing beneath the new U.S. 60 bridge over the Cumberland River to be built at Smithland, Ky.

Photo courtesy of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. A rendering shows a tow passing beneath the new U.S. 60 bridge over the Cumberland River to be built at Smithland, Ky.

Bid Approved For New Cumberland River Bridge

July 2, 2020

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