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"The Port of Pittsburgh is defined [by the United States Army Core of Engineers] as all of the locks and dams within southwestern Pennsylvania," or, more specifically, the Ohio River to milepost 40 (PA/OH border), the Monongahela River to milepost 91.5 (PA/WV border), and the Allegheny River to milepost 69.5 (head of navigation).
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- Port of Pittsburgh Commission
- M 70
- References
The Port of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is a vast river traffic region that encompasses a twelve county area including Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Blair, Butler, Clarion, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties, essentially all 200 miles of commercially navigable waterways in southwestern Pennsylvania. It includes the three major rivers in southwestern PA: the Allegheny, the Monongahela, and the Ohio. This waterway is made navigable by a system of seventeen locks and dams. The Port of Pittsburgh supports over 200 river terminals and barge industry service suppliers, including privately owned public river terminals. The Port complex is served by the CSX and Norfolk Southern railroads and by four interstate highways. The Port of Pittsburgh Commission acts as a comprehensive service for shippers and industries seeking information on the river system.
Unlike the Port of Miami, for example, the Port of Pittsburgh, does not refer to a specific geographic location but to the broader geographical context under which the Pittsburgh port industry conducts its broad scope of activity.
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Port of Pittsburgh Commission
The Port of Pittsburgh Commission is a government agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that manages the port of Pittsburgh, which is the second-largest inland port in the United States.
Pittsburgh's port ranks as the 26th largest port overall in the United States with almost 27 million short tons of river cargo for 2015, the port ranked 15th largest in the U.S. when measured in domestic trade.
M-70
The Commission has responsibility for Ohio River shipping within Pennsylvania, and the navigable portions of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River. The federal Maritime Administration designated the Ohio River as part of a new federal marine highway, called M-70, with the name taken from I-70, a major highway used by trucks in the region.