Inland Waterway Mileage (most recent) by state

DEFINITION
Mileage of inland waterways. NOTE: Waterway mileages were determined by including the length of channels 1) with a controlling draft of nine feet or greater, 2) with commercial cargo traffic reported for 1998 and 1999, but 3) were not offshore (i.e., channels in coastal areas included only the miles from the entrance channel inward). Channels within major bays are included (e.g., Chesapeake Bay, San Francisco Bay, Puget Sound, Long Island Sound, and major sounds and straits in southeastern Alaska). Channels in the Great Lakes are not included, but waterways connecting lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway inside the United States are included.

Transportation Statistics > Inland Waterway Mileage (most recent) by state

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Rank

States

Amount

# 1

Alaska:

5,497

# 2

Louisiana:

2,823

# 3

Arkansas:

1,860

# 4

Kentucky:

1,591

# 5

Florida:

1,540

# 6

Alabama:

1,270

# 7

North Carolina:

1,152

# 8

Illinois:

1,095

# 9

Washington:

1,057

# 10

Missouri:

1,033

# 11

Tennessee:

946

# 12

Mississippi:

873

# 13

Texas:

834

# 14

Georgia:

721

# 15

West Virginia:

682

# 16

Oregon:

681

# 17

Virginia:

674

# 18

Maryland:

532

# 19

Iowa:

492

# 20

South Carolina:

482

# 21

Ohio:

444

# 22

New York:

394

# 23

New Jersey:

360

# 24

Indiana:

353

# 25

Nebraska:

318

# 26

California:

286

# 27

Pennsylvania:

259

# 28

Minnesota:

258

# 29

Wisconsin:

231

# 30

Oklahoma:

150

# 31

Kansas:

120

# 32

Connecticut:

117

# 33

Idaho:

111

# 34

Delaware:

# 35

Massachusetts:

# 36

South Dakota:

# 37

Maine:

# 38

Rhode Island:

# 39

New Hampshire:

# 40

District of Columbia:

Total:

29,627

Weighted average:

740.7

DEFINITION: Mileage of inland waterways. NOTE: Waterway mileages were determined by including the length of channels 1) with a controlling draft of nine feet or greater, 2) with commercial cargo traffic reported for 1998 and 1999, but 3) were not offshore (i.e., channels in coastal areas included only the miles from the entrance channel inward). Channels within major bays are included (e.g., Chesapeake Bay, San Francisco Bay, Puget Sound, Long Island Sound, and major sounds and straits in southeastern Alaska). Channels in the Great Lakes are not included, but waterways connecting lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway inside the United States are included.

SOURCE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Navigation Data Center, National Waterway Network, October 2004.

Transportation Statistics > Inland Waterway Mileage (most recent) by state

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