General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Three-span cable-stayed bridge |
|---|---|
| Plan view: |
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| Support conditions: |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
main bridge: Steel-reinforced concrete composite bridge Structurae Plus/Pro - Subscribe Now! |
| Secondary structure(s): |
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Awards and Distinctions
| 2005 |
award winner
for registered users |
|---|
Location
| Location: |
Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA East Cape Girardeau, Alexander County, Illinois, USA |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: | 37° 17' 43" N 89° 30' 57" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 1 208 m | |
| number of lanes | 2 x 2 | |
| deck | width | 31.5 m |
| approach viaduct | ||
|---|---|---|
| span lengths | 11 x 52 m | |
| main bridge | ||
| main span | 351 m | |
| span lengths | 143 m - 351 m - 143 m | |
| deck | number of longitudinal girders | 2 |
Cost
| cost of construction | United States dollar 100 000 000 |
Materials
| piers |
reinforced concrete
|
|---|---|
| pylons |
reinforced concrete
|
| deck of main bridge |
composite steel-reinforced concrete
|
| deck of approach viaducts |
steel
|
| abutments |
reinforced concrete
|
Chronology
| 26 July 1996 | Groundbreaking ceremony and dedication of the bridge to Bill E. Emerson. |
|---|---|
| 12 August 2003 | The two halves of the bridge are connected mid-span. |
| 13 December 2003 | Opened to traffic. |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
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.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
- David Goodyear (erection engineer)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1996): Cape Girardeau Bridge Over the Mississippi River. Presented at: Structures Congress XIV held in Chicago, Illinois, April 15-18, 1996, pp. 952-959.
- Freyssinet cable-stayed structures. Freyssinet International, Vélizy-Villacoublay (France), 2004, pp. 67.
- Un nouveau franchissement du Mississippi. In: Sols et Structures, n. 217 (May - August 2003), pp. 10-11.
- (2006): Planning and Implementation of a Seismic Monitoring System for the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge in Cape Girardeau, MO. Presented at: Structures Congress 2006, May 18-21, 2006, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, pp. 1-8.
- (1999): Seismic design for the Cape Girardeau cable-stayed bridge. Presented at: IABSE Conference: Cable-Stayed Bridges - Past, Present and Future, Malmö, Sweden, 2-4 June 1999, pp. 95-103.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20004444 - Published on:
27/07/2002 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016
