With the I-40 bridge out of commission, it's time for Memphis to seek federal funding to build a third bridge over the Mississippi River.

The Hernando de Soto bridge shutdown injected new life into long-running discussions about a third bridge across the Mississippi River for the region.

As repairs continue on the I-40 Hernando Desoto Bridge, two Memphis representatives called on state and federal leaders to set a goal of building a new one in Shelby County.

The shutdown sparked conversations on if a third bridge should be built if this situation ever happens again.

Plans for a third bridge over the Mississippi River were in the works more than a decade ago until they faded away. FOX13 Investigates is taking a closer look into what happened.

Officials with the Tennessee Department of Transportation said they do not know when the I-40 bridge will be open during a news conference in Memphis Wednesday.

FRACTURE: Screenshot of drone video by Commercial Appeal of damage to a 900-foot box beam on the closed I-40 bridge. The Commercial Appeal is reporting on revived talk about building a third ...

Memphis business leaders hope to re-ignite the urgency for a new bridge — a third bridge — across the Mississippi River in a project they’re calling America’s River Crossing.

With the only two bridges into the city from Arkansas closed, calls were reignited to build a third bridge across the Mississippi River coming into Memphis.

The old bridge on I-55 from Memphis to Arkansas, the main thoroughfare with the Hernando De Soto bridge still closed for construction on Wednesday, June 2, 2021.

There is a through-line from the Memphis in May today, every year going back 46 years to 1977, when our character was tested in the toughest of times.