Upper Mississippi River--Illinois Waterway Navigation Expansion : An Agricultural Transportation and Environmental Context.

Examines issues related to Upper Mississippi River--Illinois Waterway (UMR-IWW) navigation system expansion. Discusses debate over expanding UMR-IWW navigation capacity, authorization of UMR-IWW investments, freight traffic on the UMR-IWW, outlook for agriculture-related barge demand, transport syst...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Freight and freightage. Navigation. Mississippi River. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Examines issues related to Upper Mississippi River--Illinois Waterway (UMR-IWW) navigation system expansion. Discusses debate over expanding UMR-IWW navigation capacity, authorization of UMR-IWW investments, freight traffic on the UMR-IWW, outlook for agriculture-related barge demand, transport system issues, and environmental impacts of barge navigation. Includes tables and graphs.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.