Sunken Scrap Barge Halts Traffic on Allegheny River
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<i> Associated Press</i>
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — U.S. Coast Guard officials halted traffic Thursday on the Allegheny River because a sunken scrap barge threatened vessels on the surface. A four-mile stretch of the river was closed near the site where the barge became stuck and bent at a 45-degree angle last Friday.
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