The Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge spans the Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau between Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois. It is named for the popular eight-term Southeast Missouri congressman who helped lead efforts to secure funding for its construction. Mr. Emerson died in June 1996 shortly before the contract to build the bridge was awarded. The bridge, completed in December 2003, is a 100-foot-wide, 4,000-foot-long cable stay bridge illuminated at night by 140 lights. The original structure it replaces was built in 1927.

Lewis & Clark Bicentennial - November 21 - 23... Cape Girardeau commemorates the bicentennial of Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery and their visit with Louis Lorimier in Cape Girardeau 200 years ago.

Red House Interpretive Center Photo Gallery:

The 33rd Annual Christmas Arts and Crafts Extravaganza - Over 250 vendors will be selling their handmade products on November 22 - 23 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Show Me Center and the Osage Centre in Cape.  Admission is $3.00, children 11 and under and tour bus drivers are admitted free. For more information, contact the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri at (573) 334-9233.

Check out the action from Cape Girardeau's 2003 Air Festival -
Heroes & Legends: Celebrating a Century of Flight, 1903-2003 July 11-13, 2003

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Check out these photos from LST-325's historic visit to Cape Girardeau in June 2003.
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Built by the Cape Girardeau Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Commission, the Red House Interpretive Center is designed to commemorate the visit of Merriwether Lewis and William Clark in November of 1803.