The UNITED STATE Coast Guard claimed 44 vessels with a total amount of 709 barges are currently in the line up as a 1-miles stretch of the Mississippi River continues to be shut after a big fracture was found in the I-40 Hernando DeSoto Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee onWednesday

A river constraint shuts the river to all vessel web traffic in between mile pen 736 and also mile pen 737.

“River reopening is dependent on [Tennessee Department of Transportation] inspection results,” the Coast Guard claimed on Twitter.

The fracture was found in an important architectural assistance beam of light near the facility period of the bridge on Wednesday throughout a regular assessment of the bridge by the Arkansas Department of Transportation, which promptly closed the bridge to roadway web traffic.

“For the motoring public’s safety, the bridge will be entirely shut down while crews investigate the crack’s extent further and then repair the problem, which could take some time,” the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) claimed in an upgrade.

“TDOT shares responsibility for the bridge with the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT). An ArDOT contractor discovered the problem during a routine inspection and immediately shut down the bridge. It is unclear, at this time, how long the repairs will take. Detours are in place in Tennessee and Arkansas. Traffic is being rerouted in both directions to I-55 as an alternate route across the river. River traffic is also shut down until further notice.”