Two barges sink after breakaway at oft-hit Vicksburg bridge

摘要

Thirty barges broke away and two later sank in the Mississippi River after their tow hit the Old Highway 80 Bridge in Vicksburg, Miss. The 10,000-hp Chad Pregracke was en route to New Orleans with 30 grain barges when its port-side barge string ran onto a bridge pillar on Feb. 27 at 0704. Twelve barges broke away but remained lashed together, while 18 others floated free individually.