Comments on: Cape Mississippi River Bridge RIP (Rest in Pieces)

By: Jennifer Alexander

Jennifer Alexander — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:51:54 +0000

These pictures are wonderful! I grew up in Sikeston and crossed this bridge many times to buy lottery tickets in Illinois. I was a little sad when I heard that they were tearing it down (right now I live in Maryland). My mother-in-law messaged me pictures of the new bridge when it was opened, but these pictures take me back to the days when (sitting in the backseat) we used to hold our breath and keep our feet off the floor when we crossed the bridge…ah the memories! Thank you!!

By: Lee Dahringer

Lee Dahringer — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:06:19 +0000

Does anyone have any history of the bridge? Wasn’t it built by selling bonds in Cape – ever paid off? Also wasn’t it a toll bridge at one time?
ps – Ken, kuddos on an excellent site.

By: Ken Steinhoff

Ken Steinhoff — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:41:59 +0000

Andrew,

Thanks for sharing those. I saw the explosion on national news. It must have been impressive to see and hear it in person.

By: Andrew Welker

Andrew Welker — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:37:18 +0000

http://www.heygallery.com/g3/index.php/Cape-Girardeau-Bridges_0/oldbridge My demolition pictures of the bridge.

By: Margi Whitright

Margi Whitright — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:07:06 +0000

All I can add is amen to Bob Ravenstein’s comments.

By: Bob Ravenstein

Bob Ravenstein — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:57:35 +0000

Ken the page hits/time are a reflection of the quality of content and the that is a reflection of the author. Those of us in the internet biz would give you a A+ for your efforts and results!

By: Ken Steinhoff

Ken Steinhoff — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:11:46 +0000

I have to do some bragging this morning. When I looked at the stats, I saw that CapeCentralHigh had logged 10,000 page visits over the past 30 days. That amounted to 22,146 pageviews (since many folks read more than one page), with an average time on site of just under four minutes.

Those are impressive stats for a site that’s not even a year old, and deals with a tiny window of time in a small town.

Thanks for visiting and even more thanks for participating. Your comments are frequently more interesting and enlightening than my posts.

By: Mearlin Allen class 62

Mearlin Allen class 62 — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:08:48 +0000

pieces of the old bridge was sold in small parts. to raise money for something.

By: Ken Steinhoff

Ken Steinhoff — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:03:19 +0000

David,

As far as I know, it was all hauled off as scrap.

If I had been a service club or one of the Cape booster organizations, I’d have cadged an I-beam from the contractor, had it cut into tiny pieces, mounted them onto commemorative plaques and sold them as fundraisers.

It would have been a great paperweight.

Maybe somebody did that, but I haven’t heard of it.

I had to get my piece the hard way: by scavenging around under the bridge approach.

By: David Lawley

David Lawley — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:35:34 +0000

Did anyone get to keep any pieces of scrap?