Soggy Commute

Jacob Wiegand

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

People heading from East Cape Girardeau, Illinois, to Cape Girardeau have been dealing with a wet commute. Many are parking vehicles along a dry area of Illinois Route 146 leading toward the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge and then finding various ways to navigate a flooded portion of Route 146 between the bridge and East Cape Girardeau.

Cindy Laymon, right, and her son Jesse Laymon-Sheffer, both of East Cape Girardeau, Illinois, walk back to the community from their parked vehicle Tuesday, July 9, 2019, through a flooded portion of Illinois Route 146 between the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge and the edge of East Cape Girardeau. The mother and son have been parking a vehicle at the edge of floodwaters to travel to work in Cape Girardeau. "We have come to work every day so it's at least two trips [through the water]," Cindy said of their routine for most days. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Cindy Laymon, left, and her son Jesse Laymon-Sheffer, both of East Cape Girardeau, Illinois, walk back to the community from their parked vehicle Tuesday, July 9, 2019, through a flooded portion of Illinois Route 146 between the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge and the edge of East Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Cindy Laymon, right, and her son Jesse Laymon-Sheffer, both of East Cape Girardeau, Illinois, walk back to the community from their parked vehicle Tuesday, July 9, 2019, through a flooded portion of Illinois Route 146 between the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge and the edge of East Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
A boat sits Tuesday, July 9, 2019, on a flooded portion of Illinois Route 146 between the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge and the edge of East Cape Girardeau, Illinois. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)

Vehicles are seen parked along Illinois Route 146 in view of the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge near the edge of East Cape Girardeau, Illinois. East of the vehicles, Route 146 is flooded heading to East Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Amber Myers, right, and her son Austin Smith, both of East Cape Girardeau, Illinois, get into a truck to head back to the community Tuesday, July 9, 2019, on a flooded portion of Illinois Route 146 between the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge and the edge of East Cape Girardeau, Illinois. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Amber Myers and her son Austin Smith, both of East Cape Girardeau, Illinois, take a truck through floodwaters to head back to the community Tuesday, July 9, 2019, on Illinois Route 146 between the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge and the edge of East Cape Girardeau, Illinois. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
A vehicle is seen off the roadway and under floodwaters Tuesday, July 9, 2019, along a flooded portion of Illinois Route 146 between the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge and the edge of East Cape Girardeau, Illinois. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
A vehicle is seen off the roadway and under floodwaters Tuesday, July 9, 2019, along a flooded portion of Illinois Route 146 between the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge and the edge of East Cape Girardeau, Illinois. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)

A vehicle heads through floodwaters Tuesday, July 9, 2019, on a flooded portion of Illinois Route 146 between the Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge and the edge of East Cape Girardeau, Illinois. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)