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Officials in Kentucky are expected to give an update about several barges currently loose on the Ohio River Wednesday afternoon. They broke loose from a tugboat.
The vessel was towing 11 barges when it "made contact with a stationary structure" and 10 of the barges broke away, officials said.
McAlpine Locks reopened the evening of March 28, roughly 17 hours after barges broke loose from a vessel and became pinned against the dam.
A dam on a portion of the Ohio River in Kentucky was closed after 10 of 11 barges detached from a towing vessel at around 2 a.m. Tuesday.
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