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PPP Begins Work On New Belle Chasse Bridge Over GIWW

April 16, 2021

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LADOTD) held a virtual groundbreaking ceremony April 12 for the project to replace the Judge Perez Bridge, a vertical lift bridge over the… Read More

Corps Kicks Off Lower Mississippi River Ship Channel Deepening Weeks Marine’s cutterhead dredge Captain Frank started dredging at Mile 5 Above Head of Passes. (Photo courtesy of Big River Coalition)

Weeks Marine’s cutterhead dredge Captain Frank started dredging at Mile 5 Above Head of Passes. (Photo courtesy of Big River Coalition)

Corps Kicks Off Lower Mississippi River Ship Channel Deepening

September 18, 2020

Less than six weeks after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the state of Louisiana signed the project partnership agreement for deepening the Mississippi River Ship Channel from Baton… Read More

Corps, Louisiana Sign Lower Mississippi River Deepening Agreement From left, Mississippi Valley Division Engineer Maj. Gen. Dianna Holland, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, and New Orleans District Engineer Col Stephen Murphy sign project partnership agreement July 31. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

From left, Mississippi Valley Division Engineer Maj. Gen. Dianna Holland, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, and New Orleans District Engineer Col Stephen Murphy sign project partnership agreement July 31. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

Corps, Louisiana Sign Lower Mississippi River Deepening Agreement

August 7, 2020

Representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the state of Louisiana met in New Orleans July 31 to sign a project partnership agreement for deepening the Mississippi River… Read More

CG Announces Formal Investigation Into Sunshine Bridge Allision The Cooper Consolidated barge-mounted crane Mr Ervin, which Marquette Transportation's mv. Kristin Alexis pushed into the LA 70/Sunshine Bridge over the Mississippi River in St. James Parish, La., October 12, moored near the east bank of the river November 8, several miles downriver from the bridge. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

The Cooper Consolidated barge-mounted crane Mr Ervin, which Marquette Transportation's mv. Kristin Alexis pushed into the LA 70/Sunshine Bridge over the Mississippi River in St. James Parish, La., October 12, moored near the east bank of the river November 8, several miles downriver from the bridge. (Photo by Frank McCormack)

CG Announces Formal Investigation Into Sunshine Bridge Allision

November 9, 2018

The U.S. Coast Guard announced November 8 that the agency has opened a formal investigation into the October 12 allision of a barge-mounted crane and the LA 70/Sunshine Bridge over… Read More