Missouri Route 74/Emerson Bridge in Cape Girardeau County Reduced for Routine Inspection

SIKESTON -East and Westbound Route 74 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri will be reduced to one lane as Missouri Department of Transportation crews perform a routine inspection of the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge. The Emerson Bridge spans the Mississippi River connecting Missouri Route 74 to Illinois Route 146.

This section of roadway is located from Fountain Street in Cape Girardeau, Missouri to Levee Road in East Cape Girardeau, Illinois.

Weather permitting, work will take place Thursday, Feb. 27 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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