DVIDS – News – USACE announces road impacts crossing Wolf Creek Dam

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 6, 2024) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announces that road impacts are expected to occur at Wolf Creek Dam on Highway 127 when the River Gate Replacement Project Wolf Creek Dam spillway will begin in mid-June.

“The contractor, American Bridge Company, will begin mobilization activities at Wolf Creek Dam on June 17, 2024. Initial activities will include the installation of fencing, Connex storage containers and office trailers in the designated laydown area in the overflow parking area near Halcomb’s Landing. said project manager Greg Bishop.

Bishop said mobilization was being prepared for the installation of ladders on the downstream side of the dam to access the bases of the gate trunnions. The installation is scheduled for July 8 through September 20, 2024. During this time, the Corps of Engineers will reduce traffic to one lane. Alternating traffic lights will be positioned on both sides of the dam to direct vehicles through the dam in both directions, he explained.

Following installation of the ladders, American Bridge Company will begin operations in the fall to support the removal of the first gate, which includes assembling sections of floating barge for use on the lake when accessing each gate of spillway.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District awarded a $109,450,000 contract in September 2022 to American Bridge Company for the Wolf Creek Dam Spillway Gates Replacement Project. The project is fully funded by the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2022.

The scope of this contract includes the manufacturing of 10 new spillway gates; the removal of existing gates and lifting equipment necessary for the operation of the gates; and the installation of new gates and lifting equipment.

The public can get project and traffic updates on the Lake Cumberland Facebook page at www.facebook.com/lakecumberland. The contractor will install signs along Highway 127 on both sides of the dam and the Nashville District will send media releases with traffic information.

“Public safety is our priority on this project, so we want to communicate what we are doing to local communities and commuters,” Bishop said. “Our goal is to minimize impacts while ensuring construction workers are protected and drivers can pass through the dam safely. »

Wolf Creek Dam is located on the Cumberland River in Jamestown, Kentucky. The dam forms Lake Cumberland, located in Wayne, Russell, Pulaski, Clinton, McCreary, Laurel, and Whitley counties in southeastern Kentucky. The reservoir is 101 miles long and has 1,255 miles of shoreline.

The Nashville District completed the dam for flood control in 1950. Three of the six hydroelectric generating units were put into operation in 1951 and the other three in 1952. Operation of the lake is intended primarily for flood control and to the production of hydroelectric energy. power.

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