Missouri Awards Bridge Demo Contract

The old Mississippi River bridge at Cape Girardeau, Mo., will be coming down at a cost of nearly $2.23 million later this year, but the demolition company must work around the spawning season of an endangered fish, state highway officials said.

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission awarded the demolition contract to Midwest Foundation Corp., doing business as Tremont Foundation Corp. of Tremont, Ill., at its regular meeting in Jefferson City April 14th.

Demolition work on the old bridge could get underway next month and be completed by the end of the year, said Missouri Department of Transportation resident engineer Bob Wilson.

No part of the bridge can be dropped into the Mississippi River before Aug. 1 because of U.S. Fish and Wildlife regulations cited in the project permit issued by the Coast Guard.  Southeast Missourian