Barges

Hagerstown Herald-Mail & National Park Service - Tue June 21, 2022

Crews Preparing to Remove Construction Barge Stuck in Potomac River

A contractor is moving equipment to a site along the West Virginia shore to begin removal of the larger of two runaway work barges that were swept down the Potomac River in early May due to high water levels from a series of heavy thunderstorms upstream....

WTOP Radio & WRC-TV News4 - Tue May 10, 2022

Rogue Construction Barges Float Down Potomac Near Harpers Ferry, W.V.

Two construction barges are now stopped in the Potomac River after breaking loose the weekend of May 7 to 8 and barreling their way down choppy waters in West Virginia, authorities announced. The pair of barges were carrying a Caterpillar excavator and other equipment when they got free of their moorings and floated down the high waters of the river, heading toward Harpers Ferry, W.V., according to Christiana Hanson, a spokesperson of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park....

Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue September 22, 2020

U.S. 101 New Youngs Bay Bridge Project Enters Second Year

The New Youngs Bay Bridge along U.S. 101 linking the cities of Astoria and Warrenton in northwestern Oregon, a crucial link for commuter and commercial traffic, is undergoing a major rehabilitation via a $12.4 million investment to extend its lifespan....

Doosan - Tue September 22, 2020

Barging In . . . How Smith Island Finds Its Sea Legs

It's rare that construction equipment has sea legs. Smith Island is a young company built to offer a solution to a specific problem. And it turned out that the solution meant making its machines comfortable working in a seaside location....