Tag: Mississippi River
Grand Reopening Celebration Marks Completion of New Merchants Bridge
Delivery of region’s highest priority infrastructure project will double volume of freight that can move through middle America
The 133-year-old Merchants Bridge celebrated its official grand...
Large Upcoming USACE Projects Require Private Sector Expertise
By Mary Scott Nabers
For hundreds of years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has overseen some of the country’s most monumental civil works...
Hernando de Soto Bridge Emergency Repairs: Critical, Complex, Collaborative
By Aaron Stover, P.E., S.E., Ted Kniazewycz, P.E., and Rick Ellis, P.E.,
Spanning the Mississippi River with a distinctive profile, the Hernando de Soto bridge...
Researchers Study Historic Mississippi Flow and Impacts of River Regulation
Geosciences researchers examined the water flow from the Mississippi-Atchafalaya Diversion before river control systems to better understand impacts on coastlands.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – In “Atchafalaya,”...
Tunnel to Safety
By Chad Clinehens
As I was nearing graduation in 1999 and finalizing where I would start my first full-time job as an engineer intern, I...
USACE identifies disaster recovery projects to be accomplished with 2018 supplemental funding
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced additional work that it plans to accomplish with the funding provided for disaster recovery in Public Law 115-123, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, signed into law February 9, 2018.
FINLEY Engineering Group announces Minneapolis bridge rehab project
FINLEY Engineering Group announced a Construction Management/General Contractor rehabilitation of the TH 65 (3rd Avenue) Bridge, over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. Originally constructed between 1915 and 1918, the 3rd Avenue Bridge is one of the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s 24 bridges selected for long-term preservation.
Construction commences on Modjeski and Masters-designed I-74 bridges
Modjeski and Masters announced the start of construction on the new I-74 bridges connecting the Quad Cities region across the Mississippi River.
Minnesota DNR completes milestone in protecting Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) published development rules for the Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area (MRCCA), an important milestone toward protecting the river’s 72-mile stretch through the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
