La. ports await impact of river traffic backlog due to Mississippi River shutdown in Memphis
Bridge closure in Memphis is affecting supplies getting upriver from Baton Rouge By Austin Kemker | May 13, 2021 at 7:11 PM CDT - Updated May 13 at 7:11 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Barge traffic on the Mississippi River north of Baton Rouge was slow Thursday, May 13.
It is expected to continue to be slow and drag to a halt as barges sit in a traffic jam a couple of hundred miles away in Memphis, Tenn. River traffic through Memphis was stopped after bridge inspectors found a crack in the infrastructure of the Hernando de Soto Bridge.
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