Gulf waterway traffic restrictions lifted: U.S. Coast Guard

[July 27, 2016]  (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard said on Tuesday it lifted traffic restrictions on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near Galveston, Texas after temporarily halting movement on a section of the waterway following a barge incident.

A sunken barge east of the Galveston Causeway railroad bridge was refloated Tuesday evening, the agency said in a statement.

(Reporting by Apeksha Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Biju Dwarakanath)

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