Office of External Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard

Date: Sept. 20, 2008

Contact:  Lt. Chuck Mellor
((314) 269-2562 or
(618) 580-2998

Coast Guard closes portions of the Mississippi, Illinois and Missouri rivers

ST. LOUIS - The Coast Guard Captain of the Port Sector Upper Mississippi River has closed the following sections of the Mississippi, Missouri and Illinois rivers, in addition to previous closures:

• Copperas Creek, Ill. is closed to all recreational and commercial traffic from mile marker 136 to 138.

•  The Illinois River is closed to all recreational and commercial traffic from Peoria, Ill. mile marker 160 to Chillecothe, Ill. mile marker 181.


• The Upper Mississippi River is closed to recreational traffic from Chester, MO. mile marker 109.9 to 185.4.
  
  
• The Missouri River is closed to recreational traffic from mile marker 200 near Boonville, Mo. to the mouth of the Missouri River mile marker 0 to 200.
  
  
•  The Illinois River is closed to recreational traffic from Grafton, Ill. mile marker 0.0 to 9.9 and Beardstown, Ill. mile marker 80.3 to 199.9.
  

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