Barge hits bridge over Mississippi River
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A barge carrying crude oil hit the Interstate 20 bridge over the Mississippi River and caught fire Thursday night.
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By Joe Walker, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Sep. 16--BROOKPORT, Ill. -- Barge traffic is temporarily unsnarled at Locks and Dam 52, thanks to rain and a little man-made hydraulic help.   Rainfall on Monday and Tuesday deepened the channel, assisted by the U.S.
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The bridge, in southern France, is a spectacular feat of engineering that will carry motorists nearly 300m above the valley of the Tarn River.
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Tornadoes and other severe weather raked the Deep South on Tuesday, pushing Mississippi River ships around like toys, damaging homes and killing at least one person.
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By Lauren King, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Jun. 3--Since 2000, a 600-foot portion of the old Chowan River bridge has sat parallel to the newer bridge that carries traffic between Chowan and Bertie counties.
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By Anne Jungen, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  May 26--DRESBACH, Minn. -- Authorities hope the heavy boat traffic on the Mississippi River during the holiday weekend will help find the last missing child from a May 12 boat accident that killed three others.  "We need your help.
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A bridge under construction in southern Vietnam collapsed Wednesday, killing at least 18 workers and leaving dozens more missing or injured, officials said.
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A boat capsized in heavy winds on a river in northern Vietnam, killing 16 people, an official said Saturday. The motor boat was ferrying 19 people on the Bang River in Hoanh Bo district
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A passenger ferry carrying 294 people collided with a cargo ship on the River Mersey in northwest England on Saturday, but no one was injured, the coast guard said.
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A massive floodcrest has passed safely through the Three Gorges Dam on China&#39;s Yangtze River as devastated communities upstream clean up from floods that killed at least 177 people and injured thousands.
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A river ferry capsized Monday in southern Bangladesh after colliding with a bigger ship, and at least 15 people were missing, a government official said.
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A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey on Saturday, and eight people were rescued, police said.
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A passenger ferry collides with a tanker on the River Mersey in Liverpool, but no injuries are reported.
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A pleasure boat which struck an object on the River Thames is saved from sinking by emergency crews.
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A massive floodcrest passed safely through the Three Gorges Dam on China&#39;s Yangtze River on Thursday as devastated communities upstream cleaned up from floods that killed at least 177 people and injured thousands.
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PALMETTO, Fla. - Mark Giorgio figured a 50-foot fall was worth $20. Giorgio, 47, was counting his money Monday while walking across the U.S. 41 bridge over the Manatee River when a $20 bill blew out of his hand and flew over the rail. He followed. And plummeted 50 feet into the river.
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A 30-mile (48-km) stretch of the lower Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Mississippi, should reopen to traffic later on Friday after a barge carrying crude oil collided with a bridge and caught fire, said the U.S. Coast Guard.