Crosses Mississippi River Design Cantilever bridge Opened 1 December 1976 Location Caruthersville | ID number 23I01550001 Total length 7,102 feet (2,165 m) Body of water Mississippi River Bridge type Cantilever bridge | |
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Carries 4 lanes of I-155 / US 412 Locale Caruthersville, Missouri and Dyersburg, Tennessee Address I-155, Ridgely, TN 38080, USA Similar Helena Bridge, Frisco Bridge, Fred Schwengel Memorial, Old Vicksburg Bridge, Natchez–Vidalia Bridge | ||
The Caruthersville Bridge is a single tower cantilever bridge carrying Interstate 155 and U.S. Route 412 across the Mississippi River between Caruthersville, Missouri and Dyersburg, Tennessee.
Construction of the bridge began in February 1969 and the bridge was completed in 1976. It is the only bridge to cross the Mississippi River between Cairo, Illinois and Memphis, Tennessee, though the Dorena-Hickman Ferry also crosses the Mississippi in this area. It is also the only bridge to connect the states of Missouri and Tennessee directly. Interstate 155 connects Dyersburg, Tennessee (and the proposed Interstate 69) with Interstate 55 near Caruthersville, Missouri and Hayti, Missouri. U.S. Route 412, when created in 1982, was routed across the bridge.