Grounded freighter cleared, Seaway reopens

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ORLEANS, N.Y. (AP) — Shipping traffic is back to normal on the St. Lawrence Seaway in northern New York after being shut down for more than two days by a grounded freighter.

Shipping traffic had been suspended along a stretch of the Seaway by the 656-foot craft, which ran aground Tuesday afternoon after losing its steering in U.S. waters near the Thousand Islands Bridge in the Jefferson County town of Orleans.

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