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PORT SERIES REPORT NO. 69

PORT OF MINNEAPOLIS - ST. PAUL, MN
AND PORTS ON THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
(MILES 300-860 AOR)
(Revised 2004)

The Navigation Data Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announces the availability of Port Series Report No. 69. The Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area is located at the upstream limit of navigation for the Mississippi River (Mile 857.6 AOR). The port facilities covered in this publication not only include those within the metropolitan area, but also those located on the Mississippi River above Mile 300 AOR (Lock-and-Dam No. 22), and those on the Minnesota, Black, and St. Croix Rivers.

The Mississippi River rises in the northern part of Minnesota, flows about 2,360 miles southerly, and empties into the Gulf of Mexico. Major tributaries entering the upper Mississippi River between Mile 300 AOR and the head of navigation at St. Paul include the Minnesota River (Mile 844.0), the St. Croix River (Mile 811.4), the Chippewa River (Miles 763.3), Trempeleau River (Miles 717.0), Black River (Mile 698.2), Upper Iowa River (Miles 671.0), Wisconsin River (Mile 630.7), Rock River (Mile 479.0), Iowa River (Mile 434.0), and the Des Moines River (Mile 361.5).

The Minnesota River rises in Big Stone Lake, Minnesota and South Dakota, and flows southeasterly about 224 miles to Mankato, Minnesota; thence northeasterly about 106 miles to join the Mississippi River opposite St. Paul.

The St. Croix River rises in northwestern Wisconsin and flows southwesterly, thence southerly about 164 miles to the Mississippi River at Prescott, Wisconsin, its greater part forming the boundary between Wisconsin and Minnesota.

The Black River rises in Jackson County, Wisconsin, flows southwesterly approximately 50 miles and joint the Mississippi River at La Crosse.

The Minnesota and St. Croix Rivers are open to commercial navigation through the lower 26.0 and 24.5 miles, respectively. The lower 1.5 miles of the Black River at La Crosse form a commercial harbor. Port Series Reports delineate the Nation's principal coastal, Great Lakes, and inland port and waterway terminal and transfer facilities. The publications, produced under authority of law, are intended to meet the needs of federal, state, and municipal agencies; port and waterway development authorities; and others concerned with the utilization and improvement of existing terminals, and the planning and development of new ones.

Facility descriptions include details of berthing accommodations, petroleum and bulk-handling equipment, intermodal transfer, transit sheds, repair plants, and other elements associated with port and waterway operations. The locations of the described facilities are depicted on four aerial photographic maps of the waterfront areas. The report comprises a total of 245 facilities located in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, including those facilities on the Mississippi River above Mile 300 AOR (Lock-and-Dam No. 22), and those located on the Minnesota, Black, and St. Croix Rivers. It supersedes a similar report published in 1985.

The report may be purchased for $40.00 (see Ordering Guide on reverse). Publications are mailed postpaid (4th Class Mail), on the same day that the order is received, unless a prepaid alternate delivery method is specified.

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