We are proud to welcome you to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District. The District office is located in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Our address is 600 Dr Martin Luther King Place, Louisville, KY 40202.

Established in 1886, Louisville District employs about 1200 people in the five-state area of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio. Our civilian workforce is made up of professional engineers, architects, planners, economists, biologists and other specialists and support staff.

Louisville, one of the Corps’ more diverse districts, has both a civil works and military construction mission.

Our civil works boundary encompasses nearly 76,000 square miles of the Lower Ohio River Basin. This includes the Ohio River (from river mile 438 at Foster, Kentucky to river mile 981 at Cairo, Illinois) and its tributaries.

Primary civil works services include flood damage reduction; navigation; regulatory activities; water supply; water quality; hydropower; environmental conservation and enhancement; recreation; and emergency response.

Louisville’s military construction mission is in support to the Army, Air Force and Department of Defense facilities within 306,000 square miles located in the 5-state area.

The District’s military construction services include engineering design; plans and specifications; construction; real estate services, including leasing for recruiting and reserve centers; and base realignment and closure.