Oklahoma Highway Patrol Reopens Bridge Over Arkansas River After Pilings Hit by Barge

Oklahoma Highway Patrol Reopens Bridge Over Arkansas River After Pilings Hit by Barge
A boater takes a photo of a barge which struck a bridge on the Arkansas River in Sallisaw, Okla., on March 30, 2024. Dayton Holland via AP
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Oklahoma Highway Patrol said on Saturday that it had to temporarily close an Arkansas River bridge to traffic after bridge pilings were hit during a collision involving barges on the waterway.

The South U.S. Highway 59 south of Sallisaw was closed for about an hour “due to a barge striking the bridge,” the state’s Department of Transport said in an update on X, formerly Twitter.