Businesses ‘in holding pattern’ regarding bridge closure
A view of the I-40 bridge from Downtown Memphis from Nov. 25, 2020. Car and truck traffic on the bridge and barge traffic on the Mississippi River are currently halted due to a crack in the bridge. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
A prolonged shutdown of the Interstate 40 bridge and boat traffic along the Mississippi River could have major consequences for businesses in the Memphis area and beyond. But no one knows for sure yet how significant those consequences will be.
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Blake Fontenay
Blake Fontenay’s 27-year journalism career has taken him to many newspapers in four states. However, he had never returned to work in any of the other cities where he had been before until the opportunity to report for the Daily Memphian presented itself. He covers business for the Daily Memphian.
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