Many different countries have long rivers, and the U.S. is no exception, but that river is more complicated and unique than ...

Perched majestically atop Cardiff Hill in Hannibal, Missouri stands a gleaming white beacon that seems plucked from a coastal postcard and mysteriously transplanted 500 miles from the nearest ocean.

Successful demolition of the nearly century-old Lansing Bridge also provided researchers from Purdue University useful performance data on structural redundance of fracture-critical members.

Nestled along the mighty Mississippi River in northwestern Illinois lies a natural wonderland so spectacular yet so overlooked that even many Prairie State natives have never set foot on its ancient ...

A nearly 100-year-old bridge over the Mississippi River between Iowa and Wisconsin was imploded Friday, an unusual spectacle that clears the way for a modern replacement. The Mississippi River Bridge, ...

LANSING, IA (WKOW) — The Lansing Bridge came down on Friday morning. The planned implosion happened so the WIS 82/IA 9 Mississippi River Bridge project can move forward. The bridge over the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Mississippi River Bridge is back open after a lengthy closure due to a man climbing the bridge’s superstructure. The West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office ...

Water levels on portions of the Mississippi and lower Ohio rivers have dropped low enough to significantly hinder shipping across the inland waterway system. This marks the third year in four that ...

Farmers rely on the Mississippi River to ship grain and bring them imported fertilizer and other critical inputs. But another year of low river levels means barge travel will be more expensive. The ...

A Mississippi River bridge, a transportation lifeline connecting Lansing in northeast Iowa to Wisconsin, is set to close in October. Iowa and Wisconsin transportation departments determined in July ...

LE CLAIRE, Iowa — A single mother and seven of her children are paddling their way down the entire Mississippi River — all 2,300 miles of it. For Nikki Bettis, the journey is as much about adventure ...

Work is underway to build a new island in the Mississippi River near Hastings, a $10 million project aimed at preserving the lock-and-dam system that allows some 10 million tons of goods to be shipped ...