The new Mardi Gras Service runs from New Orleans to Mobile, Ala., and lets visitors explore the Gulf Coast’s pleasantly ...

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 Iowa Department of Transportation demolished the former Black Hawk Bridge between Iowa and Wisconsin. Crews are building ...

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) and the Iowa Department of Transportation are set to demolish the WIS ...

On a Mississippi River bend known as Point Pleasant, the cypress swamp and its ancient trees south of Plaquemine are in the path of at least one of the final routes for a long-awaited river bridge and ...

The lower Mississippi River’s pilotage system underwent a major shift this summer when the Crescent River Port Pilots’ Association quietly began assigning two pilots to certain large cargo vessels ...

After standing sentinel over the Mississippi River for nearly 100 years, the Black Hawk Bridge was demolished Dec. 19.

The Mississippi River’s connection to Louisiana is existential. The river built the land on which many of us reside. As long as there have been humans here, it has been a crucial source of food and ...

Moline leaders are considering a river edge development zone along the Mississippi, offering tax incentives aimed at ...

America’s Great River Road is a 3,000-mile scenic byway tracing the Mississippi through 10 states. These seven essentials cover routes and markers, best seasons, must-stop towns, overlooks and ...

Traffic angst is a familiar state of being in the Baton Rouge area. For decades, city officials and the Department of Transportation and Development have floated ideas for improving the situation.