Braddock Locks & Dam

Braddock Locks and Dam
LocationBraddock, Pennsylvania and West Mifflin, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°23′27″N 79°51′28″W / 40.39083°N 79.85778°W / 40.39083; -79.85778
Construction began1902
Opening date1906
Operator(s)U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsMonongahela River

Braddock Locks & Dam (previously named Monongahela Locks and Dam No. 2) is one of nine navigational structures on the Monongahela River between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Fairmont, West Virginia. Built and maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the gated dam and the lock form an upstream pool that is for 12.6 miles (20.3 km), stretching to Elizabeth, Pennsylvania.