Transportation in West Virginia - Rivers

Rivers

Further information: West Virginia Waterways

Rivers with commercial barge traffic and docks in West Virginia include:

  • Ohio
  • Kanawha (a tributary of the Ohio)
  • Monongahela (the Mon and the Allegheny Rivers meet to form the Ohio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • Little Kanawha (a tributary of the Ohio)
  • Big Sandy (a tributary of the Ohio)
  • Elk (a tributary of the Kanawha)
  • Pocatalico (a tributary of the Kanawha)
  • Mill Creek (a tributary of the Ohio)

Navigation Lock and Dams in West Virginia

  • On the Ohio
    • New Cumberland Locks and Dam
    • Pike Island Locks and Dam
    • Hannibal Locks and Dam
    • Willow Island Locks and Dam
    • Belleville Locks and Dam
    • Racine Locks and Dam
    • Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam
  • On the Kanawha
    • London Lock and Dam
    • Marmet Lock and Dam
    • Winfield Lock and Dam
  • On the Monogahela
    • Morgantown Lock and Dam
    • Hildebrand Lock and Dam
    • Opekiska Lock and Dam

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