The '''New Mississippi River Bridge''' is the name of a proposed bridge over the [[Mississippi River]], connecting [[St. Clair County, Illinois]] to the city of [[St. Louis, Missouri]]. A proper name for the bridge has yet to be chosen.
The bridge project is currently coming to the end of the design phase, with construction possible - though not yet funded - to achieve completion by [[2010]].
The bridge is of a cable-stayed design, and has a proposed main span of 2000 feet (610 meters), the longest in the [[Western Hemisphere]] and the [[List of longest bridges|fifth-longest]] in the world. At 222 feet (68 meters) wide, it will be the widest cable-stayed bridge in the world, carrying four mainline traffic lanes, with additional inside and outside shoulder lanes providing for expansion and reconfigurability.
According to current plans, [[Interstate 70]] would be re-routed over the new bridge and [[Interstate 44]] would be extended through downtown St. Louis. The bridge would relieve traffic on the [[Poplar Street Bridge]], the only interstate bridge in downtown St. Louis, which currently carries three [[Interstate highway|Interstates]] and [[U.S. Highway 40]].
==External links==
*[http://www.newriverbridge.org/ New Mississippi River Bridge project website]
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[[Category:Bridges in Illinois]]
[[Category:Bridges in Missouri]]
[[Category:Saint Louis, Missouri]]
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