Cape Girardeau Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at State Highway 146, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, MO

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57 b&w photos
39 data pages
7 photo caption pages

TITLE:
Cape Girardeau Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at State Highway 146, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, MO

CALL NUMBER:
HAER MO,16-CAPGI,6-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 57 (4 x 5 in. and 8 x 10 in.)
Data Page(s): 38 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 7

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER MO-84

Part of building/structure is in East Cape Girardeau, Alexander County, IL.

Significance: The Cape Girardeau Bridge is a multiple-span structure over the Mississippi River. From west to east the bridge consists of six concrete deck girder spans, two plate girder spans, a continuous through truss forming two cantilevered channel spans of 671 feet, and six Parker through truss spans, for a total length of 4,744 feet. When completed the Cape Girardeau Bridge was distinguished as an important interstate link between southeast Missouri and the middle Mississippi Valley region. It stands as an excellent example of monumental steel truss construction spanning an important national riverway.

SUBJECTS:
MISSOURI--Cape Girardeau County--Cape Girardeau

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.mo1777

CONTROL #:
MO1777

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