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DOT Office of Research & Technology: Low Water On The Mississippi Slows Critical Freight Flows
November 22, 2022
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology - Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following news release:

Low water on the Mississippi River south of its confluence with the Ohio River affects a vital link for freight movement. In 2020, the river carried more than half of the 165.5 million tons that moved between the 12 states touching the Upper Mississippi System and Louisiana.

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