Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge

Cape Girardeau, Missouri (MO), US

New Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge over the Mississippi being built and to the north of it, the old Cape Girardeau Bridge:
http://bridges.midwestplaces.com/mo/cape/old/

Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge

Cape Girardeau, Missouri (MO), US

New Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge over the Mississippi being built and to the north of it, the old Cape Girardeau Bridge:
http://bridges.midwestplaces.com/mo/cape/old/

Bridges - Automobile
Links: www.modot.state.mo.us
By: Hinkkanen

Nearby:

Welcome to the City of Cape Girardeau

Missouri Welcomes You

Giboney Island

B'Nai Israel Synagogue

Welcome to Illinois sign

Ben Affleck's Bar "The Bar" in "Gone Girl"

Mississippi River Tales Mural

East Cape Girardeau water tower

Marquette Island

Ben Affleck & Rosamund Pike's House in "Gone Girl"

Devils Island

Rock Island

Comments

edv

@ 2006-01-04 18:48:16

The old bridge was demolished in the fall of 2004.
As I recall, the demolition did not go well, and parts of the old bridge collapsed into the river, disrupting the barge traffic.

The pic that I submitted for this map was taken days before the incident.