MoDOT performs 9-foot slide of Poplar Street bridge

Updated May 6, 2018

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Various images and a video from the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) show the “slide” of the eastbound I-64/I-55 Poplar Street Bridge that spans the Mississippi River between Missouri and Illinois. MoDOT moved the bridge 9 feet to the south March 31 as part of a project that will add an additional lane to the eastbound lanes.

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If you watch the video below carefully, you will see the span on the right move outward away from the westbound lane.