Items Tagged with 'Mississippi River'

Successful demolition of the nearly century-old Lansing Bridge also provided researchers from Purdue University useful performance data on structural redundance of fracture-critical members.

Federal investigators are probing what caused what is believed to be contractor helicopter to strike the utility's power line and crash onto a barge near Alton, which closed the Mississippi River to traffic for several hours.

Iowa and Wisconsin are moving up demolition of the bridge that connects the two states as it is being replaced by a new span under construction just 75 ft away.

Movement of the existing Black Hawk Bridge, just 75 ft away, has prompted the project to pause multiple times due to safety concerns.

The bridge received almost $400 million from the federal Bridge Investment Program, with Tennessee and Arkansas splitting the remaining $787.5-million cost. 

Coping with the titanic force of America’s largest river is one of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ perpetual responsibilities.

Officials of Mississippi River cities and towns say their bridges need to be assessed after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. 

A saltwater wedge creeping up the Mississippi River is once again threatening local water supplies in New Orleans. 

The multiple-award task-order contracts are funded by $17.1 billion authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. 

Late and heavy snow and resulting snow melt inundated portions of northern Minnesota this year and has affected other areas along the river, as engineers study trends and help cities and towns develop long term solutions