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Points of Contact

Navigation & Maintenance
(501) 324-5739

Reservoir Control
(501) 324-6237

Pine Bluff Project Office
(870) 534-0451

Russellville Project Office
(479) 968-5008

Montgomery Pt L&D
(870) 548-3400

Norrell Lock
(870) 548-2796

Lock No. 2
(870) 548-2791

Joe Hardin Lock
(870) 479-3164

Emmett Sanders Lock
(870) 534-2127

Col Charles D. Maynard Lock
(501) 842-2761

David D. Terry Lock
(501) 961-9281

Murray Lock
(501) 663-1997

Toad Suck Ferry Lock
(501) 327-0853

Arthur V. Ormond Lock
(501) 354-8402

Dardanelle Lock
(479) 890-4987

Ozark-Jeta Taylor Lock
(479) 667-2120

James W. Trimble Lock
(479) 452-0488

Navigation Notices

3 Nov 2023
MKARNS Nav Notice No. SWL 23-69 UPDATE #3: White River Entrance Channel
Dredging operations downstream of the Montgomery Point Lock & Dam (NM 0.5) to the Mississippi River have been completed. Channel depths have been restored and normal locking procedures have commenced.
1 Nov 2023
MKARNS Nav Notice No. SWL 23-70 MPLD Unscheduled Closure
Montgomery Point Lock and Dam (NM 0.5) will be closed to traffic for 24 hours from 12:00 p.m. on November 1, 2023 to 12:00 p.m. on November 2, 2023. The closure will allow workers to make repairs to the downstream land wall miter gate cylinder.
31 Oct 2023
MKARNS Nav Notice No. SWL 23-69 UPDATE 2: White River Entrance Channel
All traffic on the locking queue at Montgomery Point Lock & Dam (NM 0.5) has been cleared and normal locking procedures have begun. However, dredging operations downstream of the Montgomery Point Lock & Dam (NM 0.5) are ongoing.
25 Oct 2023
MKARNS Nav Notice No. SWL 23-68 UPDATE: White River Entrance Channel
Dredging operations are progressing downstream of Montgomery Point Lock & Dam (NM 0.5). The Dredge Sandpiper is currently dredging in the downstream approach to the lock with plans to continue in this area until the morning of Thursday, October 26, 2023.
24 Oct 2023
MKARNS Nav Notice No. SWL 23-67 Lock 3 Reopened
The hydraulic system at Joe Hardin Lock (No. 3) NM 50.2 has been repaired and is back in service. The Lock is reopened to navigation traffic.
24 Oct 2023
MKARNS Nav Notice No. SWL 23-66 Lock 3 Unscheduled Closure
The Joe Hardin Lock (No. 3) NM 50.2 is experiencing issues with the hydraulic system and is temporarily closed to traffic. Crews are onsite and will have the Lock reopened as soon as the problem can be resolved. A subsequent Navigation Notice will be issued once the Lock has been opened to traffic.
23 Oct 2023
MKARNS Nav Notice No. SWL 23-65 Lock 4 Intermittent Delays
INTERMITTENT DELAYS EMMETT SANDERS LOCK AND DAM (No. 4) NM 66.0 MCCLELLAN-KERR ARKANSAS RIVER NAVIGATION SYSTEM
17 Oct 2023
MKARNS Nav Notice No. SWL 23-64 UPDATE: WREC Channel Restriction and Delays
Crews arrived in the area on Sunday, October 15, 2023, to begin clamming in the downstream approach at Montgomery Point Lock & Dam (NM 0.5). A Notice to Proceed has been given to the Contract Dredge Sandpiper who is expected to arrive in the area and begin dredging on or before Saturday, October 21, 2023. The Dredge Sandpiper is expected to complete dredging operations below Montgomery Point Lock & Dam on or around Saturday, October 28, 2023.
13 Oct 2023
MKARNS Nav Notice No. SWL 23-63 WREC Channel Restriction and Delays
Mariners are advised that extremely low Mississippi River levels have caused depth issues to exist between Montgomery Point Lock and Dam (NM 0.5) and the Mississippi River.
13 Oct 2023
MKARNS Nav Notice No. 23-62 - TOW HAULAGE OUT OF SERVICE DAVID D. TERRY LOCK (No. 6) NM 108.1
The tow haulage equipment at David D. Terry Lock (No. 6) NM 108.1 is currently out of service. Double cut tows will have to be locked the conventional way (without the use of tow haulage). Another notice will be distributed when the tow haulage equipment is back in service.

2023 MKARNS Waterway Action Plan
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Inland Electronic Navigation Charts
33 CFR 207- Navigation and Navigable Waters, MKARNS
36 CFR 327- Rules and Regulations, dated: May 2000
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