ST. LOUIS (AP) — A two-mile section of the Mississippi River reopened Tuesday to boat traffic, two days after a runaway barge hit a downtown bridge and sank on the Missouri side of the waterway.
Southbound traffic was permitted Tuesday, and the river was opened to northbound traffic Monday night. The sunken barge remained underwater, marked with a lighted orange-and-white buoy, said Coast Guard Lt. Bill Clark.
"Everyone's using caution going through that area to make sure they don't get hung up on the barge," Clark said.