The vital shipping artery that snakes through the middle of America and carries barges loaded with corn bound for China and other export markets has been blocked by a crack in a bridge.
Marine traffic on the Mississippi River is being halted around Memphis, Bodog Poker Tennessee, where a fractured steel support under the Hernando DeSoto Bridge found earlier this week has diverted vehicular traffic and led to a pile-up of more than 900 barges on the water.
“The river is the jugular for the export market in the Midwest for both corn and beans,” said Collin Hulse, a senior bodog poker review risk management consultant at StoneX in Kansas City.
People briefed on the situation said late Thursday the river could be open within 24 to 48 hours after a second engineering review is done.
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