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Eighteen of those collapses happened in the U.S. These include when barges being pushed by a towboat in dense fog hit and displaced the Big Bayou Canot railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama.
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NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
In 1993 a towboat struck a rail bridge in Alabama on a foggy September morning and threw the train tracks out of alignment on the Big Bayou Canot Bridge.
—Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
The towboat pushing the barge had made a wrong turn on the Mobile River and entered the Big Bayou Canot.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
Once ice on the lake is less than a foot thick, a towboat and barge can break through.
—Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
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NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
In 1993 a towboat struck a rail bridge in Alabama on a foggy September morning and threw the train tracks out of alignment on the Big Bayou Canot Bridge.
—Thomas Fuller, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
The towboat pushing the barge had made a wrong turn on the Mobile River and entered the Big Bayou Canot.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
Once ice on the lake is less than a foot thick, a towboat and barge can break through.
—Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
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“Towboat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/towboat. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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