Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge

Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge

Infobox Bridge
bridge_name= Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge


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carries= 4 lanes of MO 34/MO 74/IL 146
crosses= Mississippi River
locale= Cape Girardeau, Missouri and East Cape Girardeau, Illinois
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design= Cable-stayed bridge
mainspan= 1,149 feet (350 m)
length= 3,955 feet (1,205 m)
width= 94 feet (29 m)
clearance=
below= 60 feet (18 m)
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open= december 13, 2003
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The Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge connecting Missouri's Route 34 and Route 74 with Illinois Route 146 across the Mississippi River between Cape Girardeau, Missouri and East Cape Girardeau, Illinois.

It was built just south of its predecessor, the Cape Girardeau Bridge, which was completed in 1928 and demolished in 2004. Prior to its destruction, it was documented for the Library of Congress Historic American Engineering Record [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.mo1777 Survey number HAER MO-84] .

The bridge is named after Bill Emerson, a Missouri politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 until his death in 1996.

ee also

*List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

External links

* [http://www.oldcapebridge.com/ Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge]

Crossings navbox
structure = Bridges
place = Mississippi River
bridge = Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge
bridge signs =
upstream = Grand Tower Pipeline Bridge
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downstream = Thebes Bridge
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