Freight Carried on Major US Waterways in millions of tons
Item
1980
1990
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
4.0
4.2
3.1
2.5
1.9
1.9
2.3
2.7
Great Lakes
183.5
167.1
187.5
171.4
167.2
156.5
178.4
169.4
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
94.5
115.4
113.8
112.2
107.7
117.8
123.3
116.1
Mississippi River System*
584.2
659.1
715.5
714.8
712.8
676.8
699.8
678.0
Mississippi River Mainstem
441.5
475.3
515.6
504.2
501.7
478.0
496.9
464.6
Ohio River System**
179.3
260.0
274.4
281.8
280.9
261.3
271.5
280.1
Columbia River
49.2
51.4
55.2
50.3
45.0
47.2
53.5
51.5
Snake River
5.1
4.8
6.7
5.6
4.3
5.3
5.7
5.3
*Main channels and all tributaries of the Mississippi, Illinois, Missouri and Ohio Rivers.
**Main channels and all navigable tributaries and embayments of the Ohio, Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers.
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