While TDOT is federally mandated to inspect the bridge every two years, the city of Memphis is responsible for its maintenance. Four months after the bridge was damaged, it was never repaired.

Supply Chain Disrupted After Cracked Memphis Bridge Is Closed. Listen · 1:48 1:48. ... ferrying millions of tons of ship cargo from Minnesota all the way down to Louisiana into the Gulf of Mexico.

The Hernando de Soto Bridge on Interstate 40 – a major artery for traffic crossing the Mississippi River between Memphis and eastern Arkansas – was shut down Tuesday for emergency repairs ...

Contractors arrived Tuesday at the Hernando de Soto Bridge outside Memphis, for a routine inspection. Within hours, they were on the phone with 911 emergency dispatchers. A crack had formed in one ...

The Hernando de Soto Bridge on Interstate 40 — a major artery for traffic crossing the Mississippi River between Memphis and eastern Arkansas — was shut down Tuesday for emergency repai… ...

Crews completed the first phase of repairs to the fractured beam on the closed I-40 Hernando de Soto Bridge. The second phase of repairs could take months. First repairs done on Memphis bridge.

Protesters carrying Palestinian flags blocked Tennessee-bound traffic on the Interstate 40 bridge near Memphis for a little over an hour on Saturday afternoon, authorities reported.

The six-lane bridge linking Tennessee and Arkansas helps make Memphis a critical U.S. distribution hub, along with the headquarters of FedEx Corp., a large port and five major freight railroads.

The Memphis & Arkansas Bridge, which carries I-55 traffic across the Mississippi River at Memphis, opened in 1949 and is set to be replaced in 2030.