Crews will be installing girders during the coming weeks.Ĭlosures at Sorrels Overpass will be limited to 15 minutes and will take place during overnight hours to limit traffic impacts.įor more information about the Rocheport bridge replacement project, visit /rocheportbridge.įor more information about the Sorrels Overpass Road bridge project, visit /sorrelsoverpass.Īll this work is weather permitting and could be delayed. The bridge was originally closed and demolished last fall. Similar closures will also be required in the coming weeks as part of construction on the new Sorrels Overpass Road Bridge west of Columbia. These closures will take place during the next several weeks between 10 a.m.-2 p.m. "We want to make sure that the road is all clear, and that no rock has made it to the roadway." "The blasting is taking place several hundred feet from I-70," Rocheport Project Director Brandi Baldwin said. In coordination with Missouri Highway Patrol, crews will conduct brief 15-minute road closures while blasting takes place to protect motorists traveling through the area. The closure was needed to reduce traffic heading west toward the area of Sorrels Overpass, the agency. ![]() ![]() Motorists traveling on Interstate 70 will experience lane closures and delays at various times during the next several weeks as progress continues at the new Missouri River Bridge near Rocheport and on the replacement of the Sorrels Overpass Road Bridge.Ĭrews working on the Rocheport Bridge will be blasting north of I-70 and east of the river as part of preparations for the new bridge to be constructed. I-70 westbound lane closed through Thursday at Sorrels Overpass MoDOT to rehabilitate overpass sooner than expected The Missouri Department of Transportation announced the closure a little after noon in a tweet.
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