I-55 marks 50th; construction changed course of development in Cape
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Fifty years ago this week, the first bucket of cement was poured on the Cape Girardeau County section of Interstate 55. The roadway did more than let people and goods move from place to place. It determined the direction of the city's growth.
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