Decorative lights on the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge remain shut down, the result of a blown transformer that has left the structure without the lights since Oct. 12. The Missouri Department of Transportation has ordered a new transformer but it has yet to arrive, said MoDOT spokeswoman Angie Wilson. "We should have it installed within the next two to three weeks," she said.
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