Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway

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The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway is a man-made navigation route linking the Tennessee River to the Gulf of Mexico, providing an alternative inland shipping corridor to the Mississippi River system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canal
inland waterway
navigation route
alternativeTo Mississippi River navigation route
authorizationYear 1946
authorizedBy United States Congress
surface form: U.S. Congress
cargoType coal
grain
petroleum products
timber
connectsWith Gulf of Mexico
Tennessee River
Tombigbee River
constructedBy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
constructionCost about 2 billion U.S. dollars
constructionStartDate 1972
controversy environmental concerns during planning and construction
country United States of America
surface form: United States
economicRole reduces shipping distance between Tennessee Valley and Gulf of Mexico
supports regional industrial development
environmentalImpact altered regional river systems
created new aquatic habitats
hasPart Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway canals
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway dams
Tom Bevill Lock and Dam
surface form: Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway locks

Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway reservoirs
highestPointElevation about 341 feet above sea level
length approximately 234 miles
locatedIn Alabama
Mississippi
managedBy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District
numberOfLocks 10
opened 1985
partOf Inland Waterway System of the United States
surface form: United States inland waterway system
passesNear Columbus, Mississippi NERFINISHED
Demopolis
surface form: Demopolis, Alabama

Pickensville, Alabama
primaryUse commercial navigation
regionServed Gulf Coast of the United States
surface form: Gulf Coast

Tennessee Valley
terminus Tennessee River
surface form: Tennessee River near Pickwick Landing Dam

Tombigbee River
surface form: Tombigbee River near Demopolis
terminusNear Mobile, Alabama
use barge transportation
flood control support
recreation
water supply support
waterwayType slack-water navigation system

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Port of Mobile connectedTo Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
Kentucky Lock connectsToWaterwaySystem Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
this entity surface form: Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway
Inland Waterway System of the United States hasPart Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
this entity surface form: Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway
Kentucky Dam partOfWaterway Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
this entity surface form: Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway system
Wheeler Lake partOfWaterway Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
this entity surface form: Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway system
John C. Stennis Lock and Dam nearby locatedOn Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
subject surface form: John C. Stennis Lock and Dam
John C. Stennis Lock and Dam nearby waterway Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
subject surface form: John C. Stennis Lock and Dam
John C. Stennis Lock and Dam nearby partOf Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
subject surface form: John C. Stennis Lock and Dam
this entity surface form: Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway lock and dam system
John C. Stennis Lock and Dam nearby riverSystem Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
subject surface form: John C. Stennis Lock and Dam
Mobile River waterwaySystem Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
this entity surface form: Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway system
Tombigbee River hasTributary Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
this entity surface form: Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway
Tombigbee River connectedBy Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
this entity surface form: Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway