Work is ramping up on the Buck O’Neil Bridge replacement project in far southern Platte County.
Periodic land closures for geo-tech drilling to collect soil samples and for preliminary surveying work will go on this week, affecting Highway 169 at the O’Neil Bridge (formerly known as the Broadway Bridge).
The current O’Neil Memorial Bridge is a triple arch bridge carrying Hwy. 169 over the Missouri River, and serves as a key regional connection between downtown Kansas City and communities north of the river.
The new Missouri River bridge will cost close to $220 million to construct and is expected to be completed by 2024.
HIGHWAY 92
Crews will close various eastbound and westbound lanes of Highway 92 between Running Horse and Marshall roads, nightly, through Saturday, Aug. 7 for pavement repair work.
MoDOT has also closed all eastbound and westbound lanes of Hwy. 92 between Nations and Plattsburg roads until Thursday, Sept. 30. to widen the roadway from 11-foot lanes to 12-foot lanes, replace box culverts and resurface the roadway.
INTERSTATE 29
Crews closed the northbound and southbound lanes of Prairie View Road between Adrian Avenue and the southbound I-29 on-ramp through Friday, Sept. 3 for roadway construction work
The I-29 southbound on-ramp from Prairie View and Northwest 56th Street are also closed through Friday, Sept. 3 for roadway construction work
All eastbound and westbound lanes of 56th Street underneath I-29 between Roanridge Road and Prairie View will remain closed until Wednesday, Nov. 17 for bridge work. Associated ramps at Roanridge, Gateway and Interstate 635 will also remain closed through mid-November.
This bridge is included in Gov. Mike Parson’s $351 million Focus on Bridges program, which will repair or replace 250 bridges across the state.
Motorists are encouraged to look for posted detour routes while these projects - and other small-scale road district projects - are under way.
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