The shrinking Mississippi River has broader "beaches" as drought continues to plague its basin in this photo taken near the Bridgeport exit of I-55 in West Memphis in October 2023. (Special to The Commercial/Katrina Boyd/University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture)
WASHINGTON -- The city of West Memphis will receive $16.2 million in federal grant funding for restoring floodplains along the Mississippi River to prevent repeated flooding of multiple transportation routes, including a public bridge between the Arkansas municipality and Memphis.
