Caruthersville Bridge

Caruthersville Bridge
Coordinates
Carries	4 lanes of I-155 / US 412
Crosses	Mississippi River
Locale	Caruthersville, Missouri and Dyersburg, Tennessee
ID number	23I01550001
Characteristics
Design	Cantilever bridge
Total length	7,102 feet (2,165 m)
Width	78 feet (24 m)
Longest span	920 feet (280 m) and 520 feet (158 m)
Clearance below	99 feet (30 m)
History
Opened	December 1, 1976
Statistics
Daily traffic	9,900

The Caruthersville Bridge is a single tower cantilever bridge carrying Interstate 155 and U.S. Route 412 across the Mississippi River between Caruthersville, Missouri and Dyersburg, Tennessee.

Construction of the bridge began in February 1969 and the bridge was completed in 1976. It is the only bridge to cross the Mississippi River between Cairo, Illinois and Memphis, Tennessee, though the Dorena-Hickman Ferry also crosses the Mississippi in this area. It is also the only bridge to connect the states of Missouri and Tennessee directly. Interstate 155 connects Dyersburg, Tennessee (and the proposed Interstate 69) with Interstate 55 near Caruthersville, Missouri and Hayti, Missouri. U.S. Route 412, when created in 1982, was routed across the bridge.

See also

• List of crossings of the Lower Mississippi River