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  • One lane of Highway 60 across Toad Suck Dam to temporarily close

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is scheduling a one lane closure for the Highway 60 bridge across Toad Suck Dam from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on May 7, 2024, for a routine bridge inspection.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commemorates 200th anniversary of the Civil Works program

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is today commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Civil Works program.

  • Pittsburgh District to demolish dam in Monongahela River after more than 100 years of navigation

    After more than 100 years of operation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District will demolish the navigation dam near Elizabeth, Pennsylvania, to improve navigation on the Monongahela River.

  • Nine USACE-Albuquerque District employees receive Steel, Bronze de Fleury Medals

    One of the highest honors awarded in the U.S. Army Engineer Regiment is the de Fleury Medal. The medal honors and recognizes those individuals who have provided significant contributions to Army Engineering. The medal also emphasizes the history, customs, and traditions of the Corps of Engineers community. Recently nine district employees were recognized with a de Fleury Medal.

  • Analyzing levees to save lives

    The Levee Screening Tool (LST) 2 is a web-based application that quantifies risk estimates based on the likelihood of flood loading, expected performance of the levee under those loads and the potential consequences of a levee breach or overtopping.

  • Protecting Dam Facilities with innovative new technology

    As terrorists and extremist groups turn to less sophisticated methods to inflict harm, the use of vehicles in these types of attacks has shown the potential for catastrophic damages to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) projects. In response, USACE researchers developed the DETER (Deployable Expedient Traffic Entry Regulator) vehicle barrier for Soft Asset Protection at Dam Facilities.

  • Miami's Coastal Resiliency: Your Voice Matters in USACE's Vital Report

    MIAMI, FL - Join the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Norfolk District and Miami-Dade County at the upcoming public meeting on May 2, 2024, from 4 P.M. to 8 P.M. at the Miami-Dade County Main Library Branch in downtown Miami, located at 101 W Flagler St, Miami, FL 33130. This meeting is your opportunity to provide feedback on the crucial Miami-Dade County Back Bay (MDBB) Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM) Feasibility Study Integrated Draft Report and Environmental Assessment. The meeting will be open-house style format with a short presentation by both the County and USACE teams at 6 P.M.

  • Crooked River Lock reopens on time for 2024 season

    The Crooked River Lock in Alanson, Michigan will open today, April 29, for the 2024 recreational boating season after undergoing a series of repairs during the offseason.

  • USACE issues small craft advisory for Arkansas River

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is issuing a small craft advisory for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System in Arkansas. Heavy rainfall in Eastern Oklahoma over the last two days resulted in Arkansas River flows exceeding 70,000 cubic feet per second at Dardanelle.

  • Federal, state, and local official break ground on the Ascension Parish Water Meter Replacement Project

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Ascension Parish held a Groundbreaking Ceremony to celebrate the start of the Ascension Parish Water Meter Replacement Project. The project will replace over two thousand water meters across the city of Donaldsonville, Louisiana. A $4.5 million construction contract was awarded to remove and replace existing manually read water meters with remotely read water meters.