ALMOST READY TO OPEN–Pictured is the Don Welge Memorial Bridge on the morning of Monday, July 6 as viewed from the Missouri side from the MoDOT project camera. Opening ceremonies for the bridge will be held this Saturday, July 11 at 11 a.m.
It’s been years in the making, but this Saturday, July 11 the Missouri and Illinois Departments of Transportation will finally host a ribbon cutting ceremony to commemorate the opening of a new bridge crossing the Mississippi by Chester.
The ceremony to commemorate the opening of the Don Welge Memorial Bridge will take place at 11 a.m. on the Missouri side of the Mississippi River at the newly constructed bridge.
For more on the bridge, please see this week’s print edition.