In 2017, 578 million tons valued at $220 billion were shipped on the fuel-taxed portion of our inland waterways system. Much of that tonnage travels through some of the 219 locks at 176 sites on the inland waterways system.
The average age of these locks is over 60 years, and 59% of the locks are over 50-year-old design life. By 2020, 78% of America's locks will have exceeded their intended design life.
$16 in annual net economic benefits to the nation are generated by the Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works Mission for every $1 expended.
(Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
Brandon Road Lock, RM 286.0 will be closed for 12 hours, beginning at 0600 hrs to 1800 hrs on Tuesday, 22-October-2019 in order for divers to clean the intake screens. Mariners are requested not to tie up along the guide walls during this period. Please contact Brandon Road Lock and Dam, Channel 14…
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Read More View SourceA set of complicated lock-and-dam projects on the Illinois Waterway, from Chicago to the Mississippi, has yellow lights flashing throughout the Midwest freight industry. In effect, the entire Waterway will be shut down next summer as the Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island Division, starts some hefty…
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Read More View SourceU.S. Senator Roy Blunt toured Northeast Missouri Tuesday, starting off at Lock and Dam 20 near Canton, where he spoke about his goal for infrastructure improvement. Lewis county officials at the meeting said moving product through the Lock and Dam is a lengthy process that they’ve wanted…
Read More View SourceAmong the graphics shown by Warren Preston, deputy chief economist of USDA, at a recent conference at the University of Missouri-St. Louis focusing on agricultural market and supply chains, was a bar graph from the recently published USDA report on the importance of waterways to agriculture. The…
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