Editing Soo Locks (section)

===New lock===

A new lock is under construction and is slated to be completed by 2030.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=May 2020 |title=New Lock Info Sheet |url=https://www.lre.usace.army.mil/Portals/69/docs/New%20Soo%20Lock/NewLock_InfoSheet_MAY2020.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515124752/https://www.lre.usace.army.mil/Portals/69/docs/New%20Soo%20Lock/NewLock_InfoSheet_MAY2020.pdf |archive-date=May 15, 2021 |access-date=9 February 2021 |website= }}</ref> Groundbreaking for the new lock project was held on June 30, 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=Construction beginning on new Soo shipping lock |date=June 30, 2009 |url=http://www.freep.com/article/20090630/NEWS06/90630082/ |work=[[Detroit Free Press]] |access-date=July 13, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707210340/http://www.freep.com/article/20090630/NEWS06/90630082/ |archive-date=July 7, 2009}}</ref> The lock will be equal in size to the Poe Lock and will provide much needed additional capacity for the large lake freighters.<ref name="SooToday2">{{Cite web |author=David Helwig |date=March 30, 2002 |title=$227 million lock replacement could start this year |url=http://www.sootoday.com/Content/News/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=293 |work=SooToday.com |access-date=July 12, 2012 |archive-date=September 20, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020920190306/http://www.sootoday.com/Content/News/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=293 |url-status=live }}</ref> The new lock replaces two locks (Davis Lock and Sabin Lock), which were obsolete and used infrequently. In May 2020, construction on Phase One of the replacement of the Sabin Lock was started.

North of the new lock is an additional channel with a small hydroelectric plant, which provides electricity for the lock complex.

{{wide image|Panorama of Soo Locks 2020-09-06.jpg |1000px|Soo locks and the [[Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge]] that has a clearance of 124 feet}}