Crosses Mississippi River Width 94 feet (29 m) Construction started 1996 Opened 13 December 2003 Clearance below 18 m | Design Cable-stayed bridge Longest span 1,149 feet (350 m) Height 91 m Total length 1,205 m Location Cape Girardeau | |
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Carries 4 lanes of Route 34 / Route 74/ IL 146 Locale Cape Girardeau, Missouri and East Cape Girardeau, Illinois Address MO-34, Cape Girardeau, MO 63703, USA Similar Cape Girardeau Bridge, Chester Bridge, Bayview Bridge, Clark Bridge, Fort D | ||
Driving across the bill emerson memorial bridge into cape girardeau missouri
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.
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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 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. Planning for the four-lane structure began in June 1987, and construction began in late 1996. Several factors have been blamed for the bridge's many delays in planning and construction, including Illinois' reluctance to participate in the project, as well as issues with the bedrock of the river (this resulted in the hiring of a new contractor).
The bridge was featured in the 2014 David Fincher film Gone Girl.