Greenup Lock and Dam is the 11th
Lock and dam on the
Ohio River, located 341 miles downstream of
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsylva ...
. 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.
Gallery
File:Ohio River Flood.jpg, The Dam from the Ohio side with the Ohio River at 58 feet
See also
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List of locks and dams of the Ohio River
This is a list of locks and dams of the Ohio River, which begins at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at The Point in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and ends at the confluence of the Ohio River and the Mississippi River, in Cairo ...
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List of locks and dams of the Upper Mississippi River
This is a list of current and former locks and dams of the Upper Mississippi River which ends at the Mississippi River's confluence with the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois.
Locks and dams
Expansion proposals for upper Mississippi locks
The Ar ...
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Jesse Stuart Memorial Bridge, viaduct highway bridge that crosses over the Greenup Lock and Dam
References
External links
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh DistrictU.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington DistrictU.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District
{{Locks and dams of the Ohio River, before= Robert C. Byrd Lock and Dam, after=Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam
The Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam is a non-navigable river control dam with an associated lock, located at mile marker 436 on the Ohio River. It was named for Captain Anthony Meldahl, a river captain.
The dam has a top length of with a ...
Dams on the Ohio River
Dams in Kentucky
Dams in Ohio
Dams completed in 1962
Locks of Kentucky
Locks of Ohio