ARKANSAS QUEEN ADVISORY

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Arkansas Queen
Media Advisory/Logistics


NOTE: ALL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE CALL FOR UPDATED INFORMATION. FOR MEDIA PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY.

Wednesday, November 9

The Arkansas Queen is scheduled to depart Tunica on Wednesday morning, November 9. She will travel downstream 100 miles on the Mississippi River where she will remain overnight at Mile 600 near the mouth of the White River on the lower Mississippi. Scheduled arrival at Mile 600 will be between 4:00pm and 5:00pm.


Thursday, November 10

The Arkansas Queen is scheduled to depart Mile 600 at 5:00am on Thursday morning, November 10. She will travel about 73 miles to Pine Bluff where she will remain overnight at a private location near Mile 73.

She will likely arrive at the mouth of the White River (Mile 0) at Montgomery Point Lock and Dam at 5:15am. She will travel 10 miles up the White River to Lock 1 (Mile 10), where she will enter the Arkansas Post Canal. After three miles in the canal, she will enter Lock 2 (Mile 13) at 9:00am.

She will travel six more miles before entering the Arkansas River at Mile 19 (near Pendleton, Ark.). She will arrive at Lock 3 at 12:30pm and Lock 4 at 2:30pm. Scheduled arrival at Pine Bluff will be 5:00pm.

Friday, November 11

The Arkansas Queen is scheduled to depart Pine Bluff at 7:00am on Friday morning, November 11. She will travel about 48 miles to Mile 119 at North Little Rock. She will travel through Lock 5 at 11:30am/12:00pm, and through Lock 6 at 1:00pm.

She is scheduled to arrive in North Little Rock at the North Shore Maritime Center (near the Main Street Bridge) at 2:00pm. Street address for the North Shore Maritime Center is 100 Riverfront Park in North Little Rock.