MoDOT Plans Second Blanchette Bridge Blast for Dec. 4
Interstate 70 at the bridge will be closed for one hour for safety.
More closures are coming next week to the Blanchette Bridge. Weather permitting, portions of Interstate 70 over the Missouri River will close Tuesday, Dec. 4. The closure is expected to be for one hour. Missouri Department of Transportation crews will be blasting the remaining two sections of the steel truss on the closed westbound I-70 Blanchette Bridge. Sections of the bridge were blown up earlier in November. Road crews will close one lane of I-70 in both directions at 9 a.m. An hour later, at 10 a.m., all eastbound I-70 traffic will be detoured off the highway at Route 94 and directed to Route 364 where they can proceed eastbound on Route 364 to Interstate 270 and back north to I-70. Westbound traffic will be detoured off the highway…
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Joe Koncz
3:26 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012
I won't be there to watch but have fond memories of being stalled on that bridge while traffic was backed up to the Airport! Many of times I wondered if I would make it hope to go to the bathroom on time! Ah the memories! more ›