11-mile stretch of Mississippi River closed

11-mile stretch of Mississippi River closed

The above word button will take you to an article on the 11 miles stretch of the Mississippi River being closed. I just found out about it myself by reading number 2 on page 5 of the latest Time Magazine dated September 3, 2012.

Here is number 2 referring to the closure of 11 miles of closure of the Mississippi River: "It's kind of like a truckful of watermelons spilling over on the expressway. Everything's going to come to a halt."
by Time Rubacky, spokesman for the Mississippi River-based American Queen Steamboat Company: low waters caused by drought closed 11 miles (18 KM) of the crucial commercial waterway.