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
R-3 1/31/2003 3:01:00 PM
Winter protection
Miter Gate 1/31/2003 2:56:12 PM
Looking upstream at d/s Miter gates

O & M Area 1/30/2003 4:07:10 PM
Placing compacted pervious fill in O & M Work Area.
2.0R 1/30/2003 3:52:18 PM
Excavation down to elevation 2.0R at STA 53+00
Crest Gates 1/18/2003 1:57:18 PM
Gate #5 in raised position
Floating Guide Walls 1/15/2003 4:48:04 PM
L-2 looking downstream
Lock Chamber 1/14/2003 2:36:00 PM
Looking downstream from 196
Crest Gates 1/13/2003 3:53:50 PM
Drive shaft end
Crest Gates 1/13/2003 3:41:28 PM
Drive shaft wedge connection. Note end of drive shaft with Alcove cove installed next to torque tube lower bearing housing.
Crest Gates 1/13/2003 2:31:56 PM
QA check for Crest Gate 4 bearing alignment
Oxford Engineering
Aerial January 2003 1/9/2003 7:32:16 AM
Cofferdam from downstream.
Aerial January 2003 1/9/2003 7:31:30 AM
Cofferdam from upstream.
Aerial January 2003 1/9/2003 7:28:32 AM
Cofferdam from north bank.
Aerial January 2003 1/9/2003 7:26:32 AM
Cofferdam from south bank.
Aerial January 2003 1/9/2003 7:24:38 AM
Cofferdam from north bank.
Aerial January 2003 1/9/2003 7:23:00 AM
Cofferdam from downstream north bank.
Miter Gate 1/8/2003 2:37:58 PM
Upstream Miter Gate - welders installing upstream fenders.

Control Tower 1/8/2003 2:27:34 PM
Control room/ observation scaffolding for cantilever formwork
Upper Gallery 1/2/2003 11:14:06 AM
Piping and cable tray installation (landside).
R-24 1/2/2003 10:56:22 AM
Looking 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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