Record low December temperatures have had a chilling effect on theMississippi River barge traffic. The U-S Army Corps of Engineers says theMississippi is frozen from the Twin Cities in Minnesota to south of the QuadCities in Iowa. The Corps has slowed barge traffic through the CentralIllinois locks from 15 to eight. Traffic may be slowed even more if the coldweather continues.
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