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TRAFFIC ALERT: Boone Bridge Closed This Weekend For Inspection
If you're heading for the Mizzou game Saturday, you'll want to leave early if you're driving westbound Highway 40.
Written by Tamara Duncan.
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has announced that the westbound I-64 Daniel Boone Bridge will be closed this coming weekend, September 7 - 8.
Crews will be performing a biannual bridge inspection.
The bridge will close at noon on Saturday, Sept. 7, and remain closed no later than 9 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 8.
MoDOT warned motorists in a press release that there will be NO ACCESS across the river from St. Louis County westbound to St. Charles County during the inspections.
The eastbound I-64 bridge will, however, remain open for the weekend.
MoDOT outlined the following schedule for the closure:
- At approximately 10 a.m., Saturday, September 7, crews will start closing ramps in Chesterfield Valley to westbound I-64 and also installing all the traffic control and detour signs.
- At 11 a.m., crews will begin closing lanes between Boone’s Crossing and the bridge.
- All westbound I-64 will be closed at noon Saturday.
MoDOT advised motorists to use the other three Missouri River crossings: Interstate 70, Route 364 and Route 370.
MoDOT also had these words of advice for Mizzou fans: "Motorists going to the University of Missouri football game in Columbia are advised to leave early Saturday morning if they wish to use I-64 before lane closures begin at 11 a.m. and the full closure starts at noon Saturday."
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