La. ports await impact of river traffic backlog due to Mississippi River shutdown in Memphis
La. ports await impact of river traffic backlog due to Mississippi River shutdown in Memphis Bridge closure in Memphis is affecting supplies getting upriver from Baton Rouge By Austin Kemker | May 13, 2021 at 7:11 PM CDT - Updated May 13 at 7:11 PM BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Barge traffic on the Mississippi River north of Baton Rouge was slow Thursday, May 13. It is expected to continue to be slow and drag to a halt as barges sit in a traffic jam a couple of hundred miles away in Memphis, Tenn. River traffic through Memphis was stopped after bridge inspectors found a crack in the infrast...