Cairo Mississippi River Bridge

Cairo Mississippi River Bridge
Coordinates	36°58′43″N 89°08′52″W / 36.97861°N 89.14778°W / 36.97861; -89.14778Coordinates: 36°58′43″N 89°08′52″W / 36.97861°N 89.14778°W / 36.97861; -89.14778
Carries	2 lanes of US 60 / US 62
Crosses	Mississippi River
Locale	Bird's Point, Missouri and Cairo, Illinois
Characteristics
Design	Cantilever bridge
Total length	5,175 feet (1,577 m)
Longest span	701 feet (214 m)
Clearance below	114 feet (35 m)
History
Opened	1929

The Cairo Mississippi River Bridge is a cantilever bridge carrying U.S. Route 60 and U.S. Route 62 across the Mississippi River between Bird's Point, Missouri and Cairo, Illinois.

Traveling downstream, the Cairo Mississippi River Bridge is the last bridge across the Mississippi River before the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.

The bridge was originally a toll bridge.^[1]

On February 19, 2015, MoDOT's Southeast Region and IDOT's District 9 announced that the bridge will be closed for one year, starting on March 16, 2015. This closure is needed so the now 86-year-old structure can receive significant repairs and rehabilitation.

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  Eastern approach

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  View from the north end

See also

• List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cairo Mississippi River Bridge.

• Cairo Mississippi River Bridge at Structurae

Crossings of the Mississippi River Upstream Cairo I-57 Bridge Cairo Mississippi River Bridge Downstream Dorena-Hickman Ferry