Groundbreaking ceremonies with dirt collected on both sides of the Mississippi River mark the official start of work on a new Champ Clark Bridge at Louisiana.
UPDATE: 1:52 p.m.
The Champ Clark Bridge in Louisiana is closed for emergency repairs until tonight.
The Missouri Department of Transportation originally announced that there would be one lane of traffic allowed on the bridge to repair a hole in a joint on the bridge...
After one postponement to wait for materials and another postponement because of weather, repair work is underway on the Champ Clark Bridge at Louisiana.