Dashields Lock and Dam is a fixed-crest dam on the Ohio River. It is located less than 15 miles down stream of Pittsburgh. There are two locks, one for commercial barge traffic that's 600 feet long by 110 feet wide, and the recreational auxiliary lock is 360 feet long by 56 feet wide. Dashields locks averages about 450 commercial lock throughs every month and 200-300 lock throughs a month on the recreational auxiliary lock.

See also

List of locks and dams of the Ohio River

List of locks and dams of the Upper Mississippi River

References

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District

Dams on the Ohio River

Dams in Pennsylvania

Dams completed in 1929

Locks of Pennsylvania

United States Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District

Dashields Locks and Dam