Update: According to an email from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet shortly after 10 a.m., the bridge is now open.
An Ohio River bridge linking Kentucky and Illinois that has been closed since Feb. 22 due to flooding is expected to reopen Monday morning.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet says the bridge will reopen to traffic at approximately 11 a.m.
The bridge connects Wickliffe, Kentucky, and Cairo, Illinois. A detour is almost 90 miles although it is shorter for truckers and cross-country traffic if the route is changed before reaching the bridge. Approximately 4,700 vehicles cross the bridge daily.
The U.S. 51 Ohio River "Cairo" Bridge carries north-south traffic connecting, Kentucky, Illinois and Tennessee along the U.S. 51 corridor. The bridge also carries east-west traffic for U.S. 60 and U.S. 62 that connects Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri.
The bridge opened to traffic on Nov. 11, 1936.
