Jun. 9—BLUEFIELD — Demolition work on the existing Grant Street Bridge in Bluefield is expected to begin during the first week of July, city officials announced Tuesday. The old bridge has to come down before work can begin on the new structure, Interim City Manager/City Attorney Colin Cline told the Bluefield Board of Directors. The state Division of Highways awarded an $8 million contract in .
FreightWeekSTL tour touts river infrastructure
Tour touts waterway infrastructure
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Participants of a riverboat cruise on the Tom Sawyer talk with the Eads Bridge in the background. The tour was one of the few live events of FreightWeekSTL2021, an annual industry conference sponsored in part by St. Louis Regional Freightway, an arm of Bi-State Development. The tour gave people a chance to see the industrial operations on the river as well as infrastructure improvement. Show MoreShow Less
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Kathy and Mike Wever from the Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois look at information about the transportation industry during a riverboat cruise Wednesday during FreightWeekSTL2021. Show MoreShow Less
A 5 On Your Side photographer at the scene saw the man in handcuffs Author: Kelsi Anderson (KSDK) Updated: 6:41 AM CDT April 26, 2021
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. The Martin Luther King Bridge reopened Monday morning after an hours-long police standoff.
The Illinois Department of Transportation reported the bridge closed at around 3 a.m. due to police activity. Traffic cameras captured police in an apparent standoff with a man near the bridge on the Illinois side. The man was standing in front of a vehicle that had traveled off the road. It was unclear whether he was armed.
A 5 On Your Side photographer at the scene saw the man in handcuffs at around 4:30 a.m. The bridge reopened a short time later.
Police cite driver following three-vehicle crash in Florence; 3 hurt By WMBF News Staff | April 20, 2021 at 7:17 PM EDT - Updated April 20 at 7:17 PM
FLORENCE, S.C. (WMBF) – A three-vehicle crash in Florence sent three people to the hospital Tuesday night.
Officers were called to the wreck around 5:30 p.m. to the Martin Luther King Bridge near Darlington and Lucas streets.
Police said two of the vehicles involved flipped over during the crash, forcing officers to shutdown the bridge for a little over an hour.
Three people involved in the wreck were taken to the hospital, but all three are expected to be OK.