# Mississippi River reopens after temporary closure

> The US Coast Guard reopened a section of the Mississippi near the Tennessee-Arkansas border on May 14 after a several-day closure caused by a crack in the Hernando de Soto Bridge. More than 700 barges had been stranded during the closure.

- Date: 2021-06-01 · published 2021-06-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/46474-mississippi-river-reopens-after-temporary-closure
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md)

## Why it matters

The reopening removes the main near-term barge bottleneck for agricultural exports, so the price effect has faded and the story is now mostly historical.

## Read by commodity

- BARGE: neutral

## Sources

- ofimagazine.com: https://www.ofimagazine.com/news/mississippi-river-reopens-after-temporary-closure

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