TREMPEALEAU, Wis. – Commercial traffic through Lock and Dam 6 on the Mississippi River at Trempealeau slipped significantly this past shipping season. In its annual report, the Army Corps of Engineers, which operates the whole lock and dam system, said that 1,584 barges passed through the Trempealeau lock — 12% fewer than the 10-year average. The 2023 tonnage totaled 8 million tons. The Trempealeau lock is immediately downriver from Winona and reflects the barge traffic both to and from Winona and also upriver all the way to the head of navigation in Minneapolis. The Army Corps said also that more than 3,100 recreation vessels locked through Trempealeau in 2023. The 2023 shipping seasion ran 235 days.
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