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Montgomery Locks and Dam is a lock and dam on the Ohio River, located 32 miles downstream of Pittsburgh. There are two locks, one for commercial barge traffic that's 600 feet long by 110 feet wide, and the recreational auxiliary lock is 360 feet long by 56 feet wide. Montgomery locks averages about 300 commercial lock throughs every month and 150 lock throughs a month on the recreational auxiliary lock. The average cost to keep the lock and dam operationally ready averaged $5.8 million per year from the years 2010-2014.[1][2]

Montgomery Locks and Dam
Official name	Montgomery Locks and Dam
Coordinates	40.6503°N 80.3860°W / 40.6503; -80.3860
Construction began	1932
Opening date	June 1936
Operator(s)	United States Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Gated
Impounds	Ohio River
Length	1,379 feet
Reservoir
Normal elevation	682 feet above sealevel

See also

• List of locks and dams of the Ohio River
• List of locks and dams of the Upper Mississippi River

References

External links

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District

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