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New river bridge to be connected Thursday

ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) — Work to connect the New Mississippi River Bridge starts today.

It has been three years of watching the modern marvel go up right here at home.  Residents have seen several milestones, including the first time the bridge “touched ground” on the Missouri side.  Now, it’s time for the structure to finally touch over the river.

There is just a few feet left to go.  But, it measures a big step toward the area finally getting a new bridge.  The Missouri Department of Transportation said  that crews will spend much of Thursday laying two steel girders on the upstream and downstream sides of the bridge.  They are each 10-feet long and 6-feet high.

Then Friday morning at nine, contractors will start installing a 30-thousand pound floor beam that will go between the two edge girders

The bridge will then finally be connected, but it will not be done.  Engineers say there is still a lot of work to be done if the bridge is to open on-schedule by early next year.

Mo-DOT officials are inviting the public to come see the work, starting at 8 a.m. Thursday.  Spectators can watch from an old pumphouse at Mullanphy just east of Broadway, through the flood wall.  Officials urge anyone who comes to keep the roads and bike trails clear.  Here is a map to the pumphouse:  http://www.newriverbridge.org/documents/viewingplatform.pdf.

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