Drivers experience tight squeeze on bridge

One vacationer passing through Southeast Missouri may want to avoid bridges altogether in the future. Truck driver Andy Higginson of Fox Transport, from Paxton Ill., had to guide Bob Bahna's motor home past his oversized load on the Mississippi River bridge at Cape Girardeau Wednesday after the two vehicles became wedged against each other and the sides of the bridge as they attempted to pass. The traffic jam caused traffic to back up on both sides of the river. Bahna, of Minnesota, stated when passing through this area two years ago he used the Mississippi River bridge at Charleston, Mo., and another oversized load met him on that bridge, damaging his motor home.