Iowa State: New Funding Proposal Aims To Reduce Bottlenecks On Upper Mississippi River
February 14, 2023
February 14, 2023
AMES, Iowa, Feb. 14 (TNSfund)(TNSjou) -- Iowa State University issued the following news release:
On the Upper Mississippi River, a system of locks and dams keeps the artery between Minneapolis and St. Louis open and the U.S. economy pumping. Barges haul around 175 million tons of freight, including 60% of the country's grain exports, across the waterway each year.
But decades of use, freeze-and-thaw cycles and floods have taken a toll on infrastructure 30 years past it . . .
On the Upper Mississippi River, a system of locks and dams keeps the artery between Minneapolis and St. Louis open and the U.S. economy pumping. Barges haul around 175 million tons of freight, including 60% of the country's grain exports, across the waterway each year.
But decades of use, freeze-and-thaw cycles and floods have taken a toll on infrastructure 30 years past it . . .