Olmsted Locks and Dam

Olmsted Locks and Dam
Rendering of Olmsted Locks and Dam.
Location	Pulaski County, Illinois / Ballard County, Kentucky USA
Coordinates	37°11′02″N 89°03′49″W / 37.1838°N 89.0635°W / 37.1838; -89.0635Coordinates: 37°11′02″N 89°03′49″W / 37.1838°N 89.0635°W / 37.1838; -89.0635
Construction began	December 1995
Opening date	2016 (Scheduled)
Dam and spillways
Height	62 feet (19 m)
Length	2,596 feet (791 m)
Impounds	Ohio River

The Olmsted Locks and Dam is a concrete dam and locks project currently under construction on the Ohio River at river mile 964.4. It is located near Olmsted, Illinois. The lock chambers will be 110 feet (34 m) wide and 1,200 feet (370 m) long.^[1]

Construction Stages Timeline
Nov. 1992 - June 1994	Build access road and resident engineers office.
May 1993 - Dec. 1995	Construction of lock cofferdam on the Illinois shore. Cost approximately $58 million.
1994 - Dec. 1995	Build prototype at Smithland Locks and Dam to select materials.
Dec. 1995 - Mar. 2002	Construction of lock chambers. Cost $271.5 million
Sept. 2001 - July 2005	Install bulkheads. Cost $24.2 million.
June 2001 - Oct. 2002	Relocate Olmsted boat ramp downstream.
Scheduled	Operational buildings and service mound.
Jan. 2004 - 2014	Construction of tainter gates and navigable pass dam.
Scheduled	Demolition of Locks and Dams 52 and 53.

Source: US Army Corps of Engineers website^[2]

Aerial shot of the Olmsted site in August 2008

See also

• List of locks and dams of the Ohio River

References

1. ^ Olmsted Locks and Dam Construction
2. ^ Olmsted Brochure 2006