ST. LOUIS — Missouri and Illinois politicians, along with the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, ceremoniously broke ground Monday on the new Mississippi River bridge. The bridge is important in alleviating some of St. Louis' traffic congestion and is the first built in some four decades.
Ground broken for Mississippi River bridge
Monday, April 19, 2010 | 3:19 p.m. CDT;
updated 8:48 p.m. CDT, Monday, April 19, 2010
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