https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/13/us/mississippi-bridge-crack-memphis.html
Bridge is in danger of collapsing. Bridge is closed. Barges on the river are backed up for miles.
Some say, they may reopen the bridge again... Others say, it will take months to get it fixed.
In the meantime, no barges going down the river
Thanks Gunter!
A farm boy with a stick welder and some plate steel would have the barges moving in a day
Might be closed to car/truck traffic but those barges would move
Will this affect exports as the grain has to move by rail and truck
Barges move a heck of a lot to ship loading
Is that why grain down hard today??
You would think new crop would be able to load out exports, when bridge is repaired
Surely gov't isn't that slow to repair
I seems as if barge traffic is able to navigate under the bridge allowing corn and beans to teach large boats for export