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700 barges blocked due to crack in bridge


A crack in a bridge cuts off the main water route for agricultural exports in the United States. More than 700 barges stranded.

A crack in the Interstate 40 bridge near Memphis blocks road traffic, but also blocks shipping on the Mississippi.

AP

(Bloomberg) The waterway is closed off Memphis. As the American Coast Guard announced on Thursday, the Tennessee State Department of Transportation has to inspect a crack in a highway bridge over the Mississippi River.

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