The Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge carrying Missouri State Highway 34, Missouri State Highway 74 and Illinois State Highway 146 across the Mississippi River between Cape Girardeau, Missouri and East Cape Girardeau, Illinois. Missouri State Highway 34 is a highway in southeastern Missouri. ... Missouri State Highway 74 is a highway in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. ... The Mississippi River, derived from the old Ojibwe word misi-ziibi meaning great river (gichi-ziibi big river at its headwaters), is the second-longest river in the United States; the longest is the Missouri River, which flows into the Mississippi. ... Cape Girardeau (pronounced ) (French: Cap-Girardeau, pronounced ) is a city located in the county of the same name in Missouri, 100 miles south of Saint Louis. ... East Cape Girardeau is a village located in Alexander County, Illinois. ... A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge that consists of one or more pillars, with cables supporting the roadbed. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ... A cable-stayed bridge is a bridge that consists of one or more pillars, with cables supporting the roadbed. ... Missouri State Highway 34 is a highway in southeastern Missouri. ... Missouri State Highway 74 is a highway in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. ... The Mississippi River, derived from the old Ojibwe word misi-ziibi meaning great river (gichi-ziibi big river at its headwaters), is the second-longest river in the United States; the longest is the Missouri River, which flows into the Mississippi. ... Cape Girardeau (pronounced ) (French: Cap-Girardeau, pronounced ) is a city located in the county of the same name in Missouri, 100 miles south of Saint Louis. ... East Cape Girardeau is a village located in Alexander County, 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 Great Hall interior. ... The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) is an office of the National Park Service. ...

See also

• List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River

Bridges of the Mississippi River
Upstream Chester Bridge	Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge	Downstream Thebes Bridge