Official name Greenup Lock and Dam Opening date 1962 Length 392 m Construction began 1954 | Location Kentucky/Ohio border Type of dam 9 Tainter gates Phone +1 606-473-7441 Impound Ohio River | |
Construction cost Lock Replacement $244,550,000
Dam Rehabilitation $46,700,000 Operator(s) United States Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District Address 600 Corp St, Greenup, KY 41144, USA Similar Ohio River, Captain Anthony Meldahl L, Belleville Lock and Dam, Racine Lock and Dam, John T Myers Locks an |
Greenup Lock and Dam is the 11th Lock and dam on the Ohio River, located 341 miles downstream of Pittsburgh. There are 2 locks, one for commercial barge traffic that's 1,200 feet long by 110 feet wide, and the auxiliary lock is 600 feet long by 110 feet wide.
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