US Army Corps of Engineers

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Freight Advisory Council: Performance of the

Upper Mississippi River Navigation System

Andrew G. Barnes, P.E., P.M.P.

Assistant Chief, Programs & Project

Management Division

Rock Island District

December 2, 2016

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• 37 Lock Sites

• 1,200 Miles of River

• Significant Ecosystem (2.7

million acres)

• Constructed 1930-45

Upper Mississippi River System

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Commodity Transportation Efficiency

One Tow of 15 Barges + 1 Towboat

216 Rail Cars + 6 Locomotives

1,050 Large Semi Tractor-Trailers

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UMR Tonnage 1999-2015

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Tons

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20,000,000

30,000,000

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50,000,000

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70,000,000

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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Lock 11

Lock 15

Lock 22

Lagrange

Lock 27

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Commodity Types UMR

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1000

2000

3000

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1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Mississippi Scheduled Lock Outages (Nav Notes)

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

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FRM Reservoirs

Mississippi River L/D

Saylorville

Red Rock

Coralville

Farmdale

Fondulac

Rock Island District Operations Readiness

LD 12

LD 11

LD 13

LD 14

LD 15

Illinois Waterway L/D

LaGrange

Marseilles

LD 16

Peoria

Starved Rock

Brandon Road

Lockport

T.J. O’Brien

Fully Operational Restricted Operations Out of Operation

Unclassified

FOUO

MVR Top “System”

Issues:

20 JAN 2016

LD 17

LD 18

LD 19

LD 20

LD 21

LD 22

Notes

Gates and Emergency Bulkhead don’t seal, but

does not affect project readiness

Dresden Island

Notes

Dewatering

BH Slots Installation

BH Slots Installation

Dewatering

Issue: Marseilles Dam

Gates under repair from

2013 allision

Diversion dam gate under construction,

Dam gates under repair6/8

Issue: Diversion Dam Gate

under repair, and 2 of 3 fixed

pumps operational at the

Barrier Dam

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Bulkhead Recess Installation

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Lock Dewatering

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Miter Gate Install

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Upcoming Scheduled Closures

Mississippi River► Lock 15 – Bulkhead Recesses 13 Dec 16 – 3 Mar 17

► Lock 16 – Bulkhead Recesses 13 Dec 16 – 3 Mar 17

► Lock 17 – Dewatering 13 Dec 16 – 3 Mar 17

► Lock 21 – Guidewall (Restriction) 15 Dec 16 – 28 Feb 17

► Lock 22 – Tow Haulage (Restriction) 2 Jan 17 – 24 Jan 17

Illinois Waterway► Starved Rock – Guidewall (Restriction) 1 Jun 17 – 7 Jul 17

► LaGrange – Bulkhead Recesses (Restriction) 1 Jun 17 – 29 Aug 17

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1,000

2,000

3,000

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5,000

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1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Mississippi Unscheduled Lock Outages (LPMS)

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High Water Impacts

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High Water Impacts

14

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4000

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1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Mississippi Scheduled VS Unscheduled Lock Outages

Unscheduled Scheduled Linear (Unscheduled) Linear (Scheduled)

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