Hernando DeSoto Bridge reopens after protest
Dodi Imam and Marcela Espinoza wave a Palestinian flag as a protest in Downtown Memphis wanes Saturday, Feb. 3. From their vantage point on Main Street just south of Poplar Avenue, the Hernando DeSoto Bridge shimmers in the background. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
Because the I-55 bridge was closed for repairs, the pro-Palestine demonstration on the I-40 bridge caused all traffic across the Mississippi River at Memphis to shut down for nearly two hours.
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