Montgomery Point Lock and Dam
Contract No. DACW03-97-C-0025
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Little Rock District



These photographs were taken of construction activities on-going at the Montgomery Point Lock and Dam work site. The project is located on the White River at N.M. 0.5 of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. The prime contractor is J.A. Jones/Atkinson-Constructors, A Joint Venture. The contract amount is approximately $195,000,000. The scheduled completion date for the project is January 13, 2003.




The work consists of construction of a new lock, gated spillway, overflow spillway, control tower, mooring area, diversion channel, channel revetments and dikes, control tower, and mooring area. The structure consists of a 110-foot-wide by 600-foot-long (usable dimension) miter-gated U-frame lock, 524-foot-long concrete floating guide walls, a 300-foot-wide bottom lift hinged-crest gated navigable pass concrete spillway (including ten 30-foot-wide gates), and a 200-foot-wide fixed crest concrete overflow spillway.





Job Montgomery Point Lock & Dam
Job Number mpld
Description Construction

Photo Caption Description
L-1 10/31/2002 3:24:52 PM
L-1 Foundation Excavation
Centerline/general shots 10/31/2002 3:22:52 PM
Centerline/general shots
Landside of Lock looking downstream
Mooring Area 10/31/2002 3:22:22 PM
Mooring Area
Centerline/general shots 10/31/2002 3:21:40 PM
Centerline/general shots
Centerline of Lock looking downstream
Centerline/general shots 10/31/2002 3:20:32 PM
Centerline/general shots
Navigable Pass/Overflow Structure looking downstream
Centerline/general shots 10/31/2002 3:19:44 PM
Centerline/general shots
Centerline of Dam looking to the right descending bank
Centerline/general shots 10/31/2002 3:18:52 PM
Centerline/general shots
General view of overflow structure looking upstream.
Rip Rap 10/31/2002 3:18:32 PM
Placing gravel D and R-90 below Navigable Pass Stilling Basin
Centerline/general shots 10/31/2002 3:17:30 PM
Centerline/general shots
Navigable Pass/Overflow Structure of lock looking upstream
Centerline/general shots 10/31/2002 3:17:08 PM
Centerline/general shots
Riverside of lock looking upstream
Centerline/general shots 10/31/2002 3:16:02 PM
Centerline/general shots
Centerline of lock looking upstream
Navigable Pass Stilling Basin 10/30/2002 9:31:34 PM
Placing concrete in stilling basin SB-1.
Visitor 10/25/2002 5:54:44 PM
Sheridan High School 9 th Grade
Mrs. Eggburn's Geometry class
Crest Gates 10/23/2002 8:08:26 AM
Looking through the centerline of the torque bearing housings of gates 1 thru 3
Floating Guide Walls 10/23/2002 8:04:54 AM
Casting slab for R-23 -looking upstream
Floating Guide Walls 10/23/2002 8:04:24 AM
Casting slab for R-23 - looking downstream
Navigable Pass 10/23/2002 7:47:30 AM
Excavation for stone protection d/s of stilling basin
Aerial Photo October 2002 10/16/2002 4:08:16 PM
Cofferdam from south bank.
Aerial Photo October 2002 10/16/2002 4:05:34 PM
Cofferdam from north bank.
Aerial Photo October 2002 10/16/2002 4:04:38 PM
Cofferdam from downstream south bank
Aerial Photo October 2002 10/16/2002 4:03:16 PM
Cofferdam from upstream north bank.
Aerial Photo October 2002 10/16/2002 4:01:56 PM
Cofferdam from downstream
Aerial Photo October 2002 10/16/2002 3:57:26 PM
Cofferdam from upstream

Photographs were taken by:

Montgomery Point Lock and Dam Resident Office
35B Wild Goose Lane
Tichnor, Arkansas 72166
Phone: 870-548-3300
FAX: 870-548-2103

and

J.A. Jones/Atkinson-Constructors
P.O. Box 849
Rosedale, Mississippi 38769
Phone: 662-759-9891
FAX: 662-759-9807

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