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Kentucky Lock Cofferdam Nears Completion A Johnson Brothers work crew builds a cofferdam cell at the Kentucky Lock Addition Project.(Photo by Lee Roberts/Nashville Engineer District)

A Johnson Brothers work crew builds a cofferdam cell at the Kentucky Lock Addition Project.(Photo by Lee Roberts/Nashville Engineer District)

Kentucky Lock Cofferdam Nears Completion

December 31, 2020

Work continues on the addition of a second chamber at Kentucky Lock, with completion of the downstream cofferdam contract sometime in February projected to temporarily ease navigation delays that have… Read More

Final Shell Set For Kentucky Lock Addition Project The Nashville Engineer District and its contractor partner Johnson Brothers put a 1.7-million-pound concrete shell into position February 2 on the riverbed on the downstream end of Kentucky Lock. The last of 10 shells, it will be part of a cofferdam and eventually a permanent part of the new lock wall for the Kentucky Lock Addition Project. (Corps of Engineers photos by Mark Rankin)

The Nashville Engineer District and its contractor partner Johnson Brothers put a 1.7-million-pound concrete shell into position February 2 on the riverbed on the downstream end of Kentucky Lock. The last of 10 shells, it will be part of a cofferdam and eventually a permanent part of the new lock wall for the Kentucky Lock Addition Project. (Corps of Engineers photos by Mark Rankin)

Final Shell Set For Kentucky Lock Addition Project

February 7, 2020

By Lee Roberts Nashville Engineer District Public Affairs A contractor for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has placed the 10th and final concrete shell for the Kentucky Lock addition… Read More

Permanent Change Sought For IWTF Cost Share

June 14, 2019

Over the past five years, the nation has seen a major advancement of major inland waterway infrastructure projects underway, namely lock construction projects at Olmsted, Lower Monongahela (Lower Mon), Kentucky… Read More

Kentucky Lock’s First Lift-In Shell Placed

August 10, 2018

The Nashville Engineer District set its first 1.3-million-pound concrete shell August 6. The lift-in shell forms a part of the downstream cofferdam for the new Tennessee River lock under construction… Read More