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Collaboration Takes Center Stage As Funding Pours In

September 9, 2022

The Corps of Engineers’ lock-closure schedules through 2024 were the topic when barge industry stakeholders and Corps officials from multiple districts met September 7 at the St. Louis District’s Service… Read More

Models Assist With Lock Design For Upper Ohio Project

Researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) are using a 1:100 scale navigation approach model to test designs for a new auxiliary lock structure for the Montgomery Lock on the Ohio River. The model will help evaluate guard wall lengths in relation to navigation conditions as well as how safely a vessel can navigate into the lock on both sides. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

Models Assist With Lock Design For Upper Ohio Project

August 5, 2022

By Carol C. Coleman, public affairs specialist U.S. Army Engineer Research And Development Center The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is making progress modeling new auxiliary locks to… Read More

Montgomery Industry Engagement Day Provides Early Look At Project

Montgomery Industry Engagement Day Provides Early Look At Project

June 24, 2022

Fifty-five representatives from more than 30 companies learned about the upcoming work to replace Montgomery Locks and Dam’s aging auxiliary lock during Montgomery Industry Engagement Day earlier this month. The… Read More

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

Lock Maintenance Workshop Celebrates 40 Years Of Collaboration Lock Maintenance Workshop participants toured the Corps’ Engineer Research and Development Center’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign, Ill., during the 2020 workshop, the last to be held in-person because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Great Lakes and Ohio River Engineer Division)

Lock Maintenance Workshop participants toured the Corps’ Engineer Research and Development Center’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign, Ill., during the 2020 workshop, the last to be held in-person because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Great Lakes and Ohio River Engineer Division)

Lock Maintenance Workshop Celebrates 40 Years Of Collaboration

April 1, 2022

Now in its 40th year, the Lock Maintenance Workshop has grown from a gathering of a dozen people to more than 150, including international participants. The workshop, hosted annually by… Read More

Major Delays Expected With Upper Ohio Lock Closures

February 18, 2022

The Corps of Engineers-Pittsburgh District will begin the first of two major lock closures this week that are expected to cause major delays on the Upper Ohio River for the… Read More

‘Ice Hydro Team’ Helps Keep Pittsburgh Rivers Safe

Ice forms on the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pa., on January 25. Ice is a recurring concern in the winter for industries that rely on navigation to transport commodities. To get ahead of navigation impacts, the Ice Hydro Committee is composed of members from the Coast Guard, Corps of Engineers, National Weather Service, the Waterways Association of Pittsburgh and other stakeholders. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

‘Ice Hydro Team’ Helps Keep Pittsburgh Rivers Safe

February 18, 2022

A collaborative team of government and industry professionals helps prepare for ice and high water in the Pittsburgh, Pa., region before it happens. Known as the Ice Hydro Committee, its… Read More

Infrastructure Law Fully Funds New Montgomery Lock Crewmembers walk across a beam over a hydraulic cylinder pit at the Montgomery Locks and Dam on the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pa. Design and construction of a new lock at Montgomery is fully funded as part of the Corps work plan announced in January. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

Crewmembers walk across a beam over a hydraulic cylinder pit at the Montgomery Locks and Dam on the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pa. Design and construction of a new lock at Montgomery is fully funded as part of the Corps work plan announced in January. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

Infrastructure Law Fully Funds New Montgomery Lock

February 4, 2022

With more than 97 percent of the Pittsburgh Engineer District’s funding in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) allocated to the full funding of the Montgomery Locks construction work,… Read More

Scheduled Maintenance At Montgomery Lock Caused Up To Five-Day Delays

December 27, 2021

Mariners were experiencing delays of up to about five days in transiting Montgomery Locks and Dam at Ohio River Mile 32, due to a scheduled lock chamber closure. John Dilla,… Read More

With Dewatering, Charleroi Project Hits Major Milestone

Kirk McWilliams and Shawn Soltis, resident and field engineers for the Pittsburgh Engineer District, stand over the construction project at Charleroi Locks and Dam on the lower Monongahela River in Pennsylvania on September 30. The district recently finished building the new lock chamber walls and has emptied it of approximately 20 million gallons of water to allow contractors to begin adding the mechanical inner works of the chamber. (Photo by Michel Sauret/Pittsburgh Engineer District)

With Dewatering, Charleroi Project Hits Major Milestone

October 29, 2021

With the pumping out of enough water to fill 30 Olympic-size swimming pools, the riverside lock chamber at Charleroi on the Monongahela River has been dewatered, marking a major milestone… Read More