Holding together a broken-down bridge

Thursday, September 26, 2002

A Missouri Department of Transportation worker, part of a crew making repairs under the Mississippi River bridge at Cape Girardeau, gave a friendly warning Wednesday afternoon as he walked past a group of inspectors and other transportation officials who were waiting near the river's edge for a ride to take them back to Missouri.

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