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New Braddock Dam
River Mile 11.3
Replaced dam originally built in 1906
Originally built in 1936
Braddock, PA
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Existing Locks and Dam 3
River Mile 23.8
Originally built in 1907
Elizabeth, PA |
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Existing Lock and Dam 4
River Mile 41.5
Originally built in 1932
Charleroi, PA |
Project Manager: Steve Fritz
Locks and Dams 2, 3 and 4 on the Monongahela River in Allegheny, Washington and Westmoreland counties in Southwestern Pennsylvania, are the three oldest currently operating navigation facilities on the Monongahela River. These locks experience the highest volume of commercial traffic on the entire Monongahela River Navigation System and the pools created by these facilities provide industrial and municipal water, and are popular with recreational boaters.
The Lower Mon Project replaced the nearly 100 year-old fixed-crest dam at Braddock Locks and Dam with a gated dam, will remove Locks and Dam 3 in Elizabeth, and construct two new larger locks (Charleroi Locks) at Locks and Dam 4 in Charleroi.
Read full project fact sheet here.