title: St. Louis Port Authority
text: # St. Louis Port Authority
  
  The St. Louis Port Authority is responsible for managing the facilities that make St. Louis, Missouri, the United States second-busiest inland port. St. Louis is the northernmost port on the Mississippi River that is free of canal locks and is ice-free year-round. Twenty-nine industrial centers with a population of 90 million can be reached from St. Louis by barge.
  
  