Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge

Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge
Carries	4 lanes of MO 34/MO 74/IL 146
Crosses	Mississippi River
Locale	Cape Girardeau, Missouri and East Cape Girardeau, Illinois
Design	Cable-stayed bridge
Total length	3,955 feet (1,205 m)
Width	94 feet (29 m)
Longest span	1,149 feet (350 m)
Clearance below	60 feet (18 m)
Opened	December 13, 2003
Coordinates	37°17′43″N 89°30′57″W

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.

Old Cape Girardeau Bridge with replacement under construction, 1997.

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.

See also

• List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

External links

• Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge

Bill Emerson Bridge at night.