The original article comes from St. Louis NPR
Dozens of transportation experts and local teachers filled a riverboat on Wednesday for a winding tour along one of the country’s busiest freight corridors.
The trip, part of FreightWeekSTL 2025, took them through the so-called “Ag Coast of America” — a heavily industrial section of the Mississippi River near downtown St. Louis.
Organizers say the stretch is a key link in shipping routes and a multimodal hub for moving goods on road, river and rail.
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