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Inland Waterways
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BY THE NUMBERS 753,000,000: minimum cost in dollars to purchase railcars to handle just the diversion of Ohio River coal.
486,000,000: minimum cost in dollars to purchase 243 locomotives to handle diversion of Ohio River coal.
49,000,000: annual truck trips needed annually if inland rivers ceased to operate.
1,046: number of additional trucks needed per day per lane if river cargo was diverted to a rural interstate.
2: inches of asphalt that would have to be laid to 118,688 lane-miles of Interstate.
See the ASCE’s report card report on inland waterways here: http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Inland-Waterways-Final.pdf
See the NWF’s full report on the inland waterways here: www.nationalwaterwaysfoundation.org/documents/Final%20TTI%20Report%202001-2014%20Approved.pdf
May 2017
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