Table 4-3 Lock Characteristics and Delays on Rivers with 5,000 or More Lockages: 2000, 2010, and 2015

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	Total Lockages (2015)	Average Age of Locks (2015)	Percent Commercial Vessels (2015)	Average Delay in Minutes			Percent of Vessels Delayed
	Total Lockages (2015)	Average Age of Locks (2015)	Percent Commercial Vessels (2015)	2000	2010	2015	2000	2010	2015
All Waterways	595,089	60	59	64	80	143	35	36	48
Ohio River	104,487	53	88	52	97	140	31	34	45
Mississippi River	99,339	74	46	90	81	109	20	19	42
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway	38,811	53	98	58	65	164	78	84	91
Illinois Waterway	24,941	81	88	127	53	143	41	29	65
Monongahela River	22,784	71	76	12	11	25	16	18	27
Tennessee River	22,370	69	47	209	122	432	24	24	43
Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway	19,403	33	64	9	3	19	38	10	16
Arkansas River	18,351	47	84	11	13	12	35	23	25
Chicago River	11,006	78	33	5	5	17	1	1	79
Caloosahatchee River	9,509	56	11	5	2	2	26	16	8
Allegheny River	8,898	85	12	8	4	13	7	3	9
Kanawha River	8,260	64	81	52	20	72	34	23	37
Columbia River	7,088	48	90	32	30	24	85	90	77
St. Mary's River	5,417	80	88	27	16	29	26	19	41
Cumberland River	5,236	55	53	16	18	65	13	12	23
Calcasieu River	5,104	47	1	10	14	18	37	45	33

NOTES: A lockage is the movement through the lock by a vessel or other matter. Commercial vessels include all vessels operated for purposes of profit and include freight and passenger vessels.

SOURCE: United States Army Corps of Engineers, Navigation Data Center, Lock Use, Performance, and Characteristics, (Alexandria, VA: annual issues). Available at www.navigationdatacenter.us/ as of May 2016.

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Table 4-3 Lock Characteristics and Delays on Rivers with 5,000 or More Lockages: 2000, 2010, and 2015