PHILADELPHIA - The Vine Street Expressway (I-676) remains closed in both directions from the Schuylkill Expressway to Broad Street after a construction barge and two hopper barges broke free of their moorings on the Schuylkill River and wedged under a bridge.Construction barge Lehigh and two smaller barges were positioned between the Spring Garden Bridge and the Vine Street Expressway.
As pounding rain from Tropical Storm Isaias rose the water level, the barges broke free and became lodged against the Vine Street Expressway/676 Bridge.The barges were being used as part of a project to dredge portions of the Schuylkill River above the Fairmount Dam.FOX 29's Steve Keeley has more.The U.S.