Mississippi River · MI-16

Lock and Dam 16

Wait-time history, barge traffic and lock information for Lock and Dam 16 on the Mississippi River. Includes data coverage and source definitions.

Waterway
Mississippi River
Location
Muscatine, IL
River mile
457.2
Chamber length (ft)
600.0
Chamber width (ft)
110.0
Opened
1937.0

Recorded traffic and wait times

LockWaterwayLockagesBargesMedian commercial wait
Lock and Dam 16 (MI-16)Mississippi River2251,0790.25 h

90th-percentile commercial wait: 1.85 hours. Commercial lockages recorded: 133.

Recorded arrivals: 2026-09-04T18:50 to 2026-10-04T16:00 (CST, as reported).

Status snapshot collected: 2026-10-05T14:09Z. Tows pending: 0. Reported four-hour average delay: 0.0 minutes.

Page data built 2026-10-05T14:21:30Z. Wait means arrival to start of lockage. Recent completed passages may understate delays while other tows remain waiting. See definitions and limitations.

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