NAVNOTICE# 1971 - SUNKEN BARGES AT DOUGLS MACARTHUR BRIDGE MM 179 UMR

To: ALL MARINERS
From: Coast Guard Upper Miss
Date: 11/16/09
Subject: SUNKEN BARGES AT DOUGLS MACARTHUR BRIDGE MM 179 UMR
NAVNOTICE # 1971

SUBJ: WESTERN RIVERS BNM NR 0470-09 UM
SAFETY AND SCHED BCSTS UNTIL CANCELLED
CANCEL WESTERN RIVERS BNM NR 0447-09 UM
USCG NOTICE TO MARINERS EIGHTH DISTRICT NR 0470-09 UM
UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
USCG SECTOR UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER ISSUES THE FOLLOWING SAFETY
ADVISORY: ALL MARINERS ARE REQUESTED TO TRANSIT THROUGH THE DOUGLAS
MACARTHUR BRIDGE AT MM 179.0 UMR WITH EXTREME CAUTION. 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 IS LOCATED
AGAINST THE RIGHT DESCENDING (MISSOURI) BRIDGE SPAN PILLAR AND
EXTENDS APPROXIMATELY 35 FEET INTO MAIN NAVIGATION SPAN OF THE
BRIDGE. MARINERS ARE REMINDED THAT THE HIGH WATER SAFETY ADVISORY FOR
THE ST LOUIS HARBOR REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.