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Greenup Lock and Dam

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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

Greenup Lock and Dam

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.

References

Greenup Lock and Dam Wikipedia