BTS | Table 1-21 - Geographic Distribution of U.S. Waterway Facilities, (a) 2000

Table 1-21
Geographic Distribution of U.S. Waterway Facilities,^a 2000

	Atlantic		Gulf		Pacific		Great Lakes		Inland	Total
	Deep	Shallow	Deep	Shallow	Deep	Shallow	Deep	Shallow	shallow	Deep	Shallow	All
Commercial facilities	1,489	607	1,333	1,003	1,257	499	611	143	2,367	4,690	4,619	9,309
Cargo	810	225	808	438	624	210	393	70	1,676	2,635	2,619	5,254
Service	498	288	451	489	544	255	167	59	455	1,660	1,546	3,206
Unused	181	94	74	76	89	34	51	14	236	395	454	849
Lock sites^b	0	14	1	44	2	9	3	20	137	6	224	230
Lock chambers^b	0	14	1	44	3	13	6	20	175	10	266	276

^aWaterways deeper than 12 feet (except for the 14-15 foot portions of the Columbia and Snake rivers) are classified as deep draft.

^bLocks owned and/or operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1999.

SOURCE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Navigation Data Center Fact Card, available at http://www.wrsc.usace.army.mil/ndc/factcard.htm as of December 2001.

There are 9,309 commercial waterway facilities in the United States. Of these, 4,690 (about half) are considered deep-draft and 4,619 (the other half) are considered shallow-draft facilities.