When the Mississippi River lock and dam system was built during the Depression, spending on Army Corps-related civil works facilities was $70 per capita. Now it's $18 per American, noted Baumgard.

HASTINGS, Minnesota - The locks and dams on the Mississippi River are massive feats of engineering, nearing 100 years old. They shepherd millions of tons of goods each year, acting as water-based ...

The Army Corps of Engineers announced plans Wednesday to spend over $829 million on modernizing locks and dams on the Upper Mississippi River, including an infamous bottleneck north of St. Louis ...

Despite a near miss at Lock and Dam 8 on the Mississippi River, multiple boaters are safe and sound. On Monday afternoon (7/7 ...

ST. LOUIS — The U.S. Army Corps 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 goods along ...

After 12 years of studying the Upper Mississippi River System, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released its $70 million analysis on March 6. The Corps is recommending construction of seven new ...

A 2019 Agribusiness Consulting report found that in 2017, more than half of boats and barges on the Mississippi River were delayed at locks and dams, up from about one in five in 2000.

Many of the locks and dams on the Upper Mississippi River System are “well beyond their 50-year design life and cannot accommodate modern tows,” Grassley said in a recent floor speech.

The locks and dams on the Mississippi were designed to have a 50-year lifespan. But many of them are now 80 years old. That’s according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Lock and Dam 2, Hastings, Minnesota; Lock and Dam 7, La Crescent, Minnesota; and Lock and Dam 9, Lynxville, Wisconsin, are not expected to close at this time. TOP STORIES June 10, 2025 National ...