March 8, 2021 By Shelley Byrne
Two barges of corn partially sank and were being recovered several days after a tow hit a bridge carrying Interstate 155 February 26 near Dyersburg, Tenn.
The mv. Marty Baskerville, owned by Ingram Barge Company, was southbound at 8:50 a.m. with 40 loaded dry cargo bridges when the tow hit the bridge, commonly called the Caruthersville Bridge, said Matthew Babot, the Coast Guard’s public affairs officer for Sector Lower Mississippi in Memphis, Tenn.
The bridge is located at Lower Mississippi River Mile 838.9 and carries traffic between Dyersburg, Tenn., and Caruthersville, Mo.
Multiple barges broke free from the tow, and both the Marty Baskerville and other nearby vessels collected them. No one was injured.