Resource
Delivering Olmsted Locks And Dam
Resource Type
News Articles (Industry Outlets)
Reference Title
Delivering Olmsted Locks And Dam
Organization/Agency
American Society of Civil Engineers
Publisher Name
American Society of Civil Engineers
Year
2019
Date
June 2019
Journal Title
Civil Engineering
ISBN/ISSN
ISSN: 0885-7024
Abstract/Additional Information
Since becoming operational in summer 2018, the $3-billion Olmsted Locks and Dam on the Ohio River between Illinois and Kentucky has enabled more efficient commercial navigation, helping keep America’s water highways moving. As part of the herculean effort to construct the dam in the wet, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its partners designed and built the structure’s massive precast-concrete components onshore, moved them to their required locations, and installed them within extremely tight tolerances.
