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New Cumberland Lock and Dam
Official nameNew Cumberland Locks and Dam
LocationOhio/West Virginia border
Coordinates40°31′41″N 80°37′33″W / 40.5281°N 80.6259°W / 40.5281; -80.6259
Construction began1955
Opening date1961
Operator(s) United States Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District
Dam and spillways
Type of damGated
ImpoundsOhio River
Reservoir
Normal elevation664 feet above sealevel

New Cumberland Lock and Dam is the fourth lock and dam on the Ohio River, located 54 miles downstream of Pittsburgh. There are two locks, one for commercial barge traffic that's 1,200 feet long by 110 feet wide, and the recreational auxiliary lock is 600 feet long by 110 feet wide. New Cumberland locks averages about 320 commercial lock throughs every month and 120 lock throughs a month on the recreational auxiliary lock.[1]

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