ALERT: U.S. 51 Ohio River "Cairo" Bridge Closed by SEMI Rollover Crash
Estimated duration is 4+ hours
PADUCAH, Ky. (April 21, 2022) – The U.S. 51 Ohio River "Cairo" Bridge is temporarily closed due to a SEMI rollover crash at the Kentucky end of the bridge.
Emergency response personnel are en route.
Estimated duration is 4+ hours or approximately 1 p.m., CDT.
Updates as additional info becomes available.
Detour is via the Interstate 24 Ohio River Bridge between Paducah and Metropolis or via the Dorena-Hickman Ferry. The Interstate 155 Mississippi River Bridge at Dyersburg, TN, also offers an alternate route.
The Wickliffe-Cairo Bridge carries U.S. 51, U.S. 60, and U.S. 62 traffic across the Ohio River at U.S. 51 Kentucky mile point 7.372.
Also known as The Cairo Bridge, the US 51/US 60/US 62 Wickliffe-Cairo Bridge carries approximately 4,700 vehicles across the Ohio River each day between Wickliffe, KY, and Cairo, IL. It connects with the US 60/US 62 Mississippi River Bridge to Bird’s Point, Missouri at the southern tip of Illinois.
The U.S. 51 Ohio River Bridge was constructed by the Cairo Bridge Commission as a toll facility and opened to traffic on November 11, 1936. Tolls were removed from the crossing on November 11, 1948, when the highway departments of Kentucky and Illinois took over maintenance of the structure.
The Cairo-Wickliffe Bridge is at Ohio River navigation mile point 980.4.
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