Members of the Missouri State Water Patrol secured a free-floating barge late this morning after it threatened to close the Missouri River Bridge at Jefferson City. The barge was the smaller of two that broke loose near Glasgow overnight and floated down the flooding Missouri River, passing under the I-70 bridge earlier in the morning.
Water Patrol, tug boat secure loose barge on Missouri River
Friday, May 11, 2007 | 2:00 p.m. CDT;
updated 6:05 a.m. CDT, Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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