Lock and Dam No. 15 spans the Mississippi River between Rock Island and Davenport. The access bridge seen in this photo is being prepped for sandblasting and painting.

Lock and Dam 15 officially closed to local traffic on Thursday, April 27. The status of the lock closures around the Quad Cities region can be checked on the U.S. Corps of Engineers Rock Island ...

Oct. 15—On Friday, Oct. 11, the Illinois Soybean Association (ISA) and Illinois Corn Growers Association (ICGA) joined the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to host Rep. Lauren Underwood at the ...

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. — The snow and colder weather brought more bald eagles out to Lock and Dam 15 than have been spotted in the past two weeks. Every Wednesday morning in December, January ...

The lock-and-dam system through which 175 million tons of freight travels on the upper Mississippi River each year is sorely outdated, and vulnerable to failure that could have a profound effect ...

The Army Corps of Engineers has been doing construction work on Lock and Dam No. 2 north of Hastings on the Mississippi River for a few months now. It's a massive project that takes at least a ...

Each lock is scheduled to be dewatered every 15 to 20 years. Hastings’ Lock and Dam No. 2 was last drained in 2007. Stairways for boats. There are 29 locks and dams along the Mississippi River, ...

A loose barge was discovered Tuesday morning after it was lodged against the David D. Terry Lock and Dam near Little Rock. According to a social media post from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...

On June 15, the recreation area, parking lot, and comfort station will not be accessible to the public as the project to add a new 1,200-foot lock chamber will begin. This part of the dam is what ...

A loose barge was discovered Tuesday morning after it was lodged against the David D. Terry Lock and Dam near Little Rock.According to a social media post from ...