NewsAugust 18, 2011
The Ohio River bridge between Wickliffe, Ky., and Cairo, Ill., has reopened after it was closed for several hours this morning due to a wreck involving a tractor-trailer. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet had reported the bridge closed around 6:15 a.m
Southeast Missourian

The Ohio River bridge between Wickliffe, Ky., and Cairo, Ill., has reopened after it was closed for several hours this morning due to a wreck involving a tractor-trailer.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet had reported the bridge closed around 6:15 a.m. The closure complicated traffic problems that already existed for people trying to cross the Mississippi River, due to the ongoing closure of the I-57 bridge between Missouri and Illinois and the Mississippi River bridge between Cairo and Missouri.

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The closure happened when the cab of a a tractor-trailer hauling palettes turned onto its side, causing the trailer to lean onto a bridge guardrail, according to a news release from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. The bridge was reopened around 10 a.m.

The bridge carries about 5,500 vehicles per day across the Ohio River.

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