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Around 3:45 p.m., Memphis Police Department officers arrived at the scene and told protestors that they were engaged in an "unlawful assembly" and needed to leave the bridge. Shortly before 4 p.m ...
Repairs to the Interstate 40 bridge linking Arkansas and Tennessee could take months after a crack was found in the span, forcing thousands of trucks and cars to detour and shutting down shipping ...
The bridge is named for 16th century Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, who explored this stretch of the Mississippi River and died south of Memphis. [8] Hernando de Soto Bridge illuminated at night in 2015. At night, the bridge was illuminated by 200 sodium vapor lights along its "M" structure. The bridge was first illuminated on September 5 ...
Six months after the Hernando DeSoto bridge between Memphis and Arkansas was closed due to a fractured steel beam, Arkansas transportation officials say inspections are complete.
Interstate 40 (I-40) is a major east–west transcontinental Interstate Highway in the southeastern and southwestern portions of the United States. At a length of 2,556.61 miles (4,114.46 km), it is the third-longest Interstate Highway in the country, after I-90 and I-80.
The Hernando de Soto Bridge carries I-40 across the Mississippi River from Arkansas into Tennessee at Memphis. I-40 enters Tennessee from Arkansas in a direct east–west alignment via the six-lane Hernando de Soto Bridge, a tied-arch bridge which spans the Mississippi River and has a total length of about 1.8 miles (2.9 km). [10]
The I-55 bridge between Memphis and West Memphis will be closed Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024 to 6 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024, due to construction
What is now known as Sam Cooper Boulevard was planned as a segment of I-40, intersecting Memphis and distributing eastbound and westbound traffic with a destination in Memphis within the city. [5] [6] After a U.S. Supreme Court ruling stopped the plans to complete the section of I-40 cutting through Memphis in 1971, I-40 was re-routed. [3]