NAVNOTICE# 1952 - Safety Advisory for the Douglas MacAurthur Bridge MM 179.0 UMR

To: ALL MARINERS
From: Coast Guard Upper Miss
Date: 10/31/09
Subject: Safety Advisory for the Douglas MacAurthur Bridge MM 179.0 UMR
NAVNOTICE # 1952

UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
USCG SECTOR UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER ISSUES THE FOLLOWING SAFETY
ADVISORY: THE COTP SECTOR UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER HAS LIFTED THE
SAFETY ZONE IN ST. LOUIS HARBOR FROM MM 179.2-178.0 UMR. ALL MARINERS
ARE REQUESTED TO TRANSIT THIS AREA WITH EXTREME CAUTION ESPECIALLY
WHILE TRANSITING THROUGH THE DOUGLAS MACARTHUR BRIDGE AT MM 179.0
UMR. A BARGE REMAINS PINNED AGAINST THE LEFT DESCENDING (ILLINOIS)
BRIDGE SPAN PILLAR. THE BARGE IS PROTRUDING APPROX 75 FEET INTO THE
MAIN NAVIGATION SPAN OF THE BRIDGE. A SECOND BARGE HAS SUNK AND HAS
BEEN LOCATED APPROX 100 FEET DOWNSTREAM OF THE RIGHT DESCENDING
(MISSOURI) BRIDGE SPAN PILLAR ALONG THE RIGHT DESCENDING CHANNEL
LINE. MARINERS ARE REMINDED THAT THE HIGH WATER SAFETY ADVISORIES
REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.