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Pittsburgh District Expedites Channel Opening

August 2, 2024

The Pittsburgh Engineer District is moving up creation of a 100-foot navigable channel through the former dam on the Lower Monongahela River at Elizabeth, Pa. While the channel through the… Read More

One Barge Remains Pinned At Dashields Dam Crews removed two barges from where they were pinned against Emsworth Locks and Dam following a 26-barge breakaway in the Pittsburgh area on April 12. One barge remains lodged at Dashields Locks and Dam more than a month after the breakaway. (Photo courtesy of Pittsburgh Engineer District)

Crews removed two barges from where they were pinned against Emsworth Locks and Dam following a 26-barge breakaway in the Pittsburgh area on April 12. One barge remains lodged at Dashields Locks and Dam more than a month after the breakaway. (Photo courtesy of Pittsburgh Engineer District)

One Barge Remains Pinned At Dashields Dam

May 20, 2024

Campbell Transportation Company has retrieved the final two barges that had lodged against Emsworth Locks and Dam following a 26-barge breakaway in the Pittsburgh area. One barge remains pinned against… Read More

Demolition Of Lower Mon Dam 3 At Elizabeth Set For July The dam at Monongahela Locks and Dam 3 at Elizabeth, Pa., will be removed by explosive demolition beginning the week of July 8 to create a navigable pass in a 30-mile pool between Locks and Dam 2 at Braddock and Locks and Dam 4 at Charleroi. Construction on the Elizabeth Facility, Mile 23.8, began in 1905 and was completed in 1907. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

The dam at Monongahela Locks and Dam 3 at Elizabeth, Pa., will be removed by explosive demolition beginning the week of July 8 to create a navigable pass in a 30-mile pool between Locks and Dam 2 at Braddock and Locks and Dam 4 at Charleroi. Construction on the Elizabeth Facility, Mile 23.8, began in 1905 and was completed in 1907. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

Demolition Of Lower Mon Dam 3 At Elizabeth Set For July

May 3, 2024

Beginning the week of July 8, the Pittsburgh Engineer District plans to demolish the more than 100-year-old Monongahela Locks and Dam 3 at Elizabeth, Pa. The facility, which has been… Read More

Intense Rain Causes Flooding On Upper Ohio The river wall at Dashields Locks was completely underwater on April 4. (Photo by Daniel Jones/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

The river wall at Dashields Locks was completely underwater on April 4. (Photo by Daniel Jones/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

Intense Rain Causes Flooding On Upper Ohio

April 12, 2024

Within 48 hours April 3–5, the most extensive flood in the Pittsburgh area since 2005 came and went. Alan Nogy, the Pittsburgh Engineer District’s operations project manager for locks and… Read More

Charleroi Riverside Chamber Nears Completion On Lower Mon

A downstream view of the newly constructed lock chamber at the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 4 in Charleroi, Pa., taken on February 14. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is currently conducting fully integrated system tests on the new navigation chamber, which measures 84 feet wide by 720 feet long. The Pittsburgh District continues to adjust the system’s programming to prepare the lock to open for navigation later this year. The facility is part of the Lower Monongahela River Project, which includes locks and dams at Charleroi, Elizabeth and Braddock, Pa. The three locks experience the highest volume of commercial traffic on the entire Monongahela River navigation system. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District photo by Michel Sauret)

Charleroi Riverside Chamber Nears Completion On Lower Mon

February 23, 2024

Operational testing is taking place on the new, expanded riverside lock chamber at Lock 4 on the Monongahela River in Charleroi, Pa., with the chamber expected to be complete this… Read More

Rock Piles Provide Fish Habitat In Lower Monongahela River

December 12, 2023

The Pittsburgh Engineer District is piling rocks in the Monongahela River to create fish reefs. Once the project is finished, the Pittsburgh District will have installed 73 reefs, each extending… Read More

Community Meeting Set For Lower Monongahela River Project

December 4, 2023

The Pittsburgh Engineer District will update the public on the Lower Monongahela Project on December 12 as the project nears its final phase. The public meeting, to be held at… Read More

Corps Awards Contract For Monongahela L&D 3 Removal Monongahela River Locks and Dam 3 at Elizabeth, Pa., will be removed as part of the Corps of Engineers’ Lower Monongahela Project. (Pittsburgh Engineer District photo by Michel Sauret)

Monongahela River Locks and Dam 3 at Elizabeth, Pa., will be removed as part of the Corps of Engineers’ Lower Monongahela Project. (Pittsburgh Engineer District photo by Michel Sauret)

Corps Awards Contract For Monongahela L&D 3 Removal

September 8, 2023

The Pittsburgh Engineer District announced September 5 that it has awarded a nearly $30 million contract to the Joseph B. Fay Company of Pittsburgh to remove the Monongahela River Locks… Read More

Tree Bundles Create Fish Habitat In Advance Of Lock Construction The Pittsburgh Engineer District placed bundles of trees—cut down to make way for a concrete batch plant at Montgomery Locks and Dam—into a slough in the Upper Ohio River in August as part of a unique program designed to prevent fish habitat loss from construction of new lock chambers. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

The Pittsburgh Engineer District placed bundles of trees—cut down to make way for a concrete batch plant at Montgomery Locks and Dam—into a slough in the Upper Ohio River in August as part of a unique program designed to prevent fish habitat loss from construction of new lock chambers. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

Tree Bundles Create Fish Habitat In Advance Of Lock Construction

September 1, 2023

Lashed together with steel cables, bundles of trees dangled from a helicopter over the upper Ohio River, ready to become fish habitats. Twenty-nine tree bundles, removed in March from the… Read More

Corps Breaks Ground On Upper Ohio Navigation Project Corps, government and industry leaders turn shovels of dirt to ceremonially kick off the project. (photo by Shelley Byrne)

Corps, government and industry leaders turn shovels of dirt to ceremonially kick off the project. (photo by Shelley Byrne)

Corps Breaks Ground On Upper Ohio Navigation Project

August 18, 2023

The first shovels of dirt were turned ceremonially on August 11 at Montgomery Locks and Dam to mark the beginning of construction for phase one of the Upper Ohio Navigation… Read More