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Facts
About The
Ouachita-Black Navigation Project
The
US Waterway System - Transportation Facts
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The
Ouachita & Black Rivers Navigation Project provide a
minimum 9-foot deep by 100-fooot wide navigable channel
along 337 miles of the Ouachita and Black rivers from the
Red River to Camden, Arkansas.
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Congress
authorized the original Ouachita & Black Rivers
navigation project in 1902. Construction of six locks and
dams began in 1905, and the waterway was fully operational
in 1926.
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The
River and Harbor Act of 1950 authorized an increase in
minimum navigation depth from 6.5 feet to 9 feet.
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In
1954, Congress designated Arkadelphia, Arkansas, as the
head of navigation on the Ouachita River.
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The
River and Harbor Act of 1964 authorized the construction
of four locks and dams to replace the antiquated 6 locks
and dams and also provide for a minimum 9-foot navigation
depth.
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The
present locks were designed with a navigation pass located
beside each dam. This feature allows vessels to pass
when the locks become inundated by floodwaters.
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The
Flood Control Acts of 1944 and 1962 authorized the Corps
to develop recreation facilities on the waterway.
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