# Main Lock Reopens At Melvin Price Lock And Dam - St. Louis Regional Freightway

> The St. Louis Engineer District reopened the main 1,200-foot lock chamber at Melvin Price Lock and Dam (Lock and Dam 26) on April 15, 2025. A consolidated closure allowed repairs at Locks and Dams 24, 25 and 27 and completed the third phase of a multi-year maintenance project on the Upper Mississippi.

- Date: 2025-04-18 · published 2025-04-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/25312-main-lock-reopens-at-melvin-price-lock-and-dam-st-louis-regional-freightway
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

Restoring full lock capacity eases the barge queues that had been lifting Midwest freight rates, which should support lower barge costs and a narrower corn and soybean basis for shipments from the upper river.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: bearish ▼

## Sources

- thefreightway.com: https://www.thefreightway.com/main-lock-reopens-at-melvin-price-lock-and-dam/

---
Data from Feedsoft AI (https://feedsoft.ai/). For information only; not investment advice.