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| U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District's Dredge Potter. |
The Mississippi River has reopened to commercial traffic
at mile 183 after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District's Dredge Potter and her crew completed dredging on the
stretch of the river north of the McKinley Bridge.
Barge traffic was suspended on the Mississippi River at 7
p.m. on November 17 to allow the Potter crew to remove sediment from the river. The
buildup of sand along with strong cross currents created this emergency
closure, which reopened on Saturday morning.
The channel was closed again on Saturday and Sunday nights from 5:30
p.m. to 7 a.m. to allow Potter to complete remaining dredging.
The St.Louis District
is authorized to maintain a minimum 9-foot deep, 300-foot wide
navigation channel on 300 miles of the Mississippi River from Saverton,
Mo. to Cairo, Ill., the lower 80 miles of the Illinois River and on the
lower 36 miles of the Kaskaskia River.
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