Vicksburg’s old river bridge most-struck on Mississippi River

by Clay Chandler Published: April 8,2012
Tags: Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, Kansas City Southern Railways, Mississippi River, U.S. Coast Guard, VICKSBURG, Vicksburg Bridge Commission
Since March 2011, the old Mississippi River bridge in Vicksburg has been struck by barge traffic on the Mississippi River five times. That many impacts explain why the bridge is the most-impacted on the Mississippi River, according to figures from the U.S. Coast Guard. Since the 1970s, when statistics started being kept, the bridge has [...] [...]
