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    The precast, 115-tons culverts were brought in and lowered into place using a large A-frame crane. The 12-ft-high by 14-ft-wide by 34.5-ft-long precast culverts are stay-in elements within the new middle wall that will allow the future landside lock chamber to empty water from the chamber into the river.

    Massive Cross Culverts Installed at Charleroi Lock and Dam

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District successfully installed the two massive precast concrete cross culverts in the new middle wall at Monongahela River Lock and Dam 4 at Charleroi near Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 31.
  • Matt McKissick, project engineer, and Bob Tramontina, construction control representative, oversee the more than $880,000 shoreline reclamation project in Worthington, West Virginia. The project is designed to protect a sanitary sewer line that runs along the West Fork River bank.

    Corps protects town’s sanitary system

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District is partnering with the Town of Worthington to reclaim an eroded bank along a 1,400-foot stretch of the West Fork River. The more than $880,000 project is designed to protect a sanitary sewer line that runs along the riverbank. The project is being funding in a 35-65 percent split between the City of Worthington and the district.