Oklahoma State Patrol says it is diverting traffic after a barge hit a bridge

Associated Press

SALLISAW, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma State Patrol says it closed a highway south of Sallisaw after a barge struck a bridge over the Arkansas River. Troopers closed South U.S. Highway 59 at about 1:25 p.m. Saturday after the incident and diverted traffic from the area. A state patrol spokesperson says the bridge, which crosses the Arkansas River where it enters the Robert S. Kerr Reservoir, will remain closed until it can be inspected. It was not immediately known what caused the barge to hit the bridge. No one was injured on the highway or barge. The news came as engineers worked Saturday to lift a section of twisted steel from the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland after it crumpled into the Patapsco River as a massive cargo ship crashed into one of its main supports.