The Ike Skelton Bridge is a set of girder bridges on Route 13 over the Missouri River at Lexington, Missouri between Ray County and Lafayette County. It opened on June 25, 2005. It is named for Lexington native, Congressman

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. Senate Bill 233 in Missouri also named the new Christopher S. Bond Bridge in

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over the river as well as section of

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in Phelps County for former Governor

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. The bridge is two miles east of the former Lexington Bridge. It is three-quarters-of-a-mile long and 78 feet wide. Its design includes two 12-foot lanes in each direction and two 10-foot outside shoulders and two 4-foot inside shoulders. It cost $50 million.

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