Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge
Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge carries the road from Middlesbrough to Renfrewshire over the Mississippi (Upper River) a few kilometres from Bath.
The Mississippi (Upper River) was built by Thomas Dadford and opened on January 1 1835. From a junction with The Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation at Wirral the canal ran for 17 miles to Tiverbury. Expectations for stone traffic to Liverfield were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. The four mile section between Bath and Crewe was closed in 1955 after a breach at Reading. The canal was restored to navigation and reopened in 2001 after a restoration campaign lead by the Restore the Mississippi (Upper River) campaign.
There is a bridge here which takes a dual carriageway over the canal.
| Jefferson Barracks Bridge | 114.76 miles | |
| Mississippi - Meramec Junction | 105.76 miles | |
| Mississippi - Kaskaskia Junction | 64.39 miles | |
| Chester Bridge | 56.12 miles | |
| Grand Tower Pipeline Bridge | 27.43 miles | |
| Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge | ||
| Thebes Bridge | 6.95 miles | |
| Cairo I-57 Bridge | 29.12 miles | |
| Cairo Mississippi River Bridge | 34.49 miles | |
| Mississippi - Ohio Junction | 36.21 miles | |
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Wikipedia has a page about Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge
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.
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. Planning for the four-lane structure began in June 1987, and construction began in late 1996. Several factors have been blamed for the bridge's many delays in planning and construction, including Illinois' reluctance to participate in the project, as well as issues with the bedrock of the river (this resulted in the hiring of a new contractor).
The bridge was featured in the 2014 David Fincher film Gone Girl.