TABLE 3-2 - U.S. Waterway Facilities: 2004-2009
TABLE 3-2 - U.S. Waterway Facilities: 2004-2009
Commercial facilities | Lock sites | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Great Lakes | Inland | Ocean | Total | ||
2004 | 754 | 2,361 | 6,057 | 9,172 | 212 |
2005 | 754 | 2,321 | 6,324 | 9,399 | 212 |
2006 | 754 | 2,321 | 6,509 | 9,584 | 212 |
2007 | 754 | 2,321 | 6,509 | 9,584 | 212 |
2008 | 754 | 2,321 | 6,509 | 9,584 | 212 |
2009a | 646 | 1,883 | 6,467 | 8,350 | 192 |
a Includes cargo-handling docks based upon a new database and only active U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-operated locks.
NOTES: Commercial facilities is comprised of Great Lakes, Inland, and Ocean facilities. Only federal and state governments own locks. Therefore, locks are not included in the commercial facilities total.
SOURCE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, The U.S. Waterway SystemTransportation Facts (Alexandria, VA: Annual Issues), Geographic Distribution of U.S. Waterway Facilities, available at http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/ndc/factcard/fc09/factcard.htm as of July 2010.