KATV:
The Interstate 40 bridge connecting Arkansas and Memphis is set to reopen next week, the Arkansas Department of Transportation announced Wednesday.
All eastbound lanes of the bridge over the Mississippi River are scheduled to open by 6 a.m. Monday. Westbound lanes are set to open Aug. 6 at a time to be announced later.
The bridge was closed in May after a crack was found on a steel beam during a routine inspection. The closure was estimated to cost the trucking industry $2.4 million per day. All interstate traffic was diverted to the Interstate 55 bridge over the river, known as the “old bridge.”