Near the confluence of the Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers is where more commerce traverses than any other location on the entire U.S. inland waterways. With Olmsted, economic net benefits to the nation are more than $640 million annually, and the structures will pay for themselves in approximately four years. The Olmsted project consists of two 110'x1,200' locks adjacent to the Illinois bank, and a dam comprised of five tainter gates, 1,400' of boat-operated wickets and a fixed weir. The Olmsted Locks and Dam will eliminate aging structures Ohio River Locks and Dams 52 and 53. There will be a fourfold increase in efficiency as Olmsted provides for a single project with twin 1,200' locks. Reliability will also be...
Lt. Gen. Todd T. Semonite, the 54th Chief of Engineers and USACE Commanding General, will visit the Olmsted Lock and Dam the nation’s largest inland navigation civil works project and provide interviews to the media.
