Construction continues on the new Misssissippi River Bridge north of downtown St. Louis. Two bills filed today in the Mo. Senate would name the bridge the "Stan Musial Memorial Bridge."
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Stan Musial, after receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011.
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon (D) has sent a letter to Illinois Governor Pat Quinn (D) asking him to join in the effort to name the under-construction Mississippi River Bridge north of downtown St. Louis after Stan Musial. A section of the letter reads: