![]() ![]() It was also noted that delays were occurring at various locks across the river system, causing long transit delays. 23, and each day, since only 12-15 boats can lock through, tows must plan for at least a four-day delay there. Once Olmsted is finished, Locks and Dams 52 and 53 will be removed." The Ohio River becomes a tributary of the Mississippi River directly south of Cairo, Illinois.Īccording to the Ingram Barge website, Lock 52 had 43 boats in queue as of Oct. "Locks and Dams 52 and 53 on the Ohio River are to be replaced by the Olmsted Lock and Dam, which was authorized in 1988, but will not open until the summer of 2018. In a set of emergency repairs completed in June 2017 at a cost of more than $8 million, 82 of the wicket gates at Dam 53 were removed and replaced, according to the USACE. ![]() Once the wickets were raised and a navigable pool was impounded, navigation traffic began to use the lock chambers."īoth dams were upgraded with "temporary" 1,200-foot locks to accommodate modern tows when the wickets are up. As the river elevations fell, and with decreased water velocity, project personnel were successful in raising wickets beyond the hole. Due to the increased velocity around the end of the dam, project personnel were unable to continue raising the wickets. The USACE in a press release noted that, "During the raising event, there was a five-wicket hole encountered. The navigation pass was closed to traffic while project personnel raised the wicket dam. 6-14 due to an unscheduled maintenance outage at the 89-year-old facility. These are the same locks and dams that were closed from Sept. But during low water, the gates must be raised individually to impound water, creating a navigable depth from Lock and Dam 52 to Smithland Lock and Dam, Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley. During periods of high-water navigation, traffic transits over the lowered wicket gates. 2 due to a failure of the hydraulics that open and close the lower wicket gate.Īccording to the USACE, Lock and Dam 52 is a low-lift wicket dam built in 1928 consisting of 487 timber-and-steel wicket gates adjacent to one another, stretching the width of the Ohio River at mile marker 938.9. This outage was in addition to the river closure at Lock 53 on Oct. The closure caused a backlog of nearly 60 vessels with over 650 barges of all commodities waiting to transit the site, according to the USDA Weekly Grain Transportation report (GTR). Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) reported that the Ohio River at Lock and Dam 52 (L&D 52) reopened on Oct. ![]() After being closed for nearly one week due to rising water, the U.S. ![]() The Ohio River near Brookport, Illinois, has been the biggest problem child this fall. rivers for shipment to the Gulf of Mexico, low water in some spots, high water in other areas and ongoing service issues will slow shipments. (DTN photo by Mary Kennedy)Īs new-crop soybeans head to U.S. River conditions heading south to the Gulf are still not ideal for the harvest rush of corn and especially soybeans to the Gulf. See User Agreement for details.Barges waiting to be loaded with new crop sit in front of a river terminal in the Upper Mississippi River. Such communications and work product are private and confidential. Notwithstanding the above, using this IS does not constitute consent to PM, LE or CI investigative searching or monitoring of the content of privileged communications, or work product, related to personal representation or services by attorneys, psychotherapists, or clergy, and their assistants.This IS includes security measures (e.g., authentication and access controls) to protect USG interests-not for your personal benefit or privacy.Communications using, or data stored on, this IS are not private, are subject to routine monitoring, interception, and search, and may be disclosed or used for any USG-authorized purpose.At any time, the USG may inspect and seize data stored on this IS.The USG routinely intercepts and monitors communications on this IS for purposes including, but not limited to, penetration testing, COMSEC monitoring, network operations and defense, personnel misconduct (PM), law enforcement (LE), and counterintelligence (CI) investigations.By using this IS (which includes any device attached to this IS), you consent to the following conditions: Government (USG) Information System (IS) that is provided for USG-authorized use only. ![]()
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