Get on a boat on the upper Mississippi River, and you'll eventually come upon a looming concrete structure stretching across the river's main channel. It's called a lock and dam, and it's a distinct ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District began refilling the newly constructed lock chamber with water at the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 4 in Charleroi last week. The chamber was ...

Baits Bite Lock at Milton has been closed since May 2024 [Tom Jackson/BBC] Boaters said they were relieved to be able to cruise again after it was announced that a lock would soon reopen. Baits Bite ...

SHARPSBURG (KDKA) -- New restrictions will begin Monday for both commercial and recreational boaters at the Allegheny River Lock and Dam 2 for much-needed repairs. The inner-walls at the more than ...

ALANSON — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District (USACE) fully restored operations Wednesday morning, July 5, to the Crooked River Lock in Alanson. Specialized lock and dam maintainers ...

Efforts to repair and reopen the Willamette Falls navigational locks in Clackamas County took a step back when the Legislature ended the 2025 lawmaking session without passing a bill that would have ...

APPLETON (WLUK) -- In a few days, people will be able to take to the waterways, and travel up and down the Fox River, around the dams, through a system of locks. The network of 17 locks stretches from ...

ST. LOUIS -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it will spend $732 million to expand a lock and dam system to help barges more efficiently transport millions of tons of corn, soybeans and other ...

The Fox River locks system will open for the season on May 17, and Appleton lock 1 will remain open for two additional hours on Saturday evenings so boaters can access downtown Appleton businesses. In ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Portland and Walla Walla districts said they will close all Corps navigation locks on the Columbia-Snake River System for an annual inspection, ...

KAUKAUNA – The Fox River Locks System will open Saturday, but the Menasha lock will remain closed to prevent the spread of invasive fish species. The system is scheduled to open five locks in Kaukauna ...

Boaters said they were relieved to be able to cruise again after it was announced that a lock would soon reopen. Baits Bite Lock, on the River Cam at Milton, just north of Cambridge, has been closed ...