PHILADELPHIA - Officials on Thursday used a tugboat to free a construction barge that became wedged underneath the Vine Street Expressway Bridge after it broke free from its moorings during Tuesday's tropical storm.
The Vine Street Expressway Bridge has been closed to Interstate 676 traffic in both directions since Tuesday night, forcing drivers to find alternate routes in the city.
No word on when the Expressway will reopen to traffic.The Army Corps of Engineers was using the barge to dredge the Schuylkill River above the Fairmount Dam, when it came loose in the rain-swollen river during Isaias on Tuesday.Inspectors have not found any serious structural damage to the span, transportation officials said.