CALLAWAY/COOPER COUNTIES - Seven bridges over Interstate 70 in the mid-Missouri area will be among the first bridges to receive improvements as part of the Missouri Department of Transportation's Safe & Sound Bridge Improvement Program. The following bridges will be featured during open-house community briefings on November 6 and 13, 2008:

Callaway County
- Route J bridge over Interstate 70
- Route M bridge over Interstate 70
- Route JJ bridge over Interstate 70
- Route D bridge over Interstate 70

Cooper County
- Route 41 bridge over Interstate 70
- Route 5 bridge over Interstate 70
- Route 179 bridge over Interstate 70

The bridge deck on each of these bridges will be replaced. Work is planned for spring and summer 2009 and each bridge will be closed for several weeks during the work. MoDOT staff will be on hand to discuss details about the project plans and proposed detours. Community briefings will be held as follows:

Thursday, November 6
Knights of Columbus Hall
1515 Radio Hill Road
Boonville, MO
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, November 13
North Callaway High School
2700 Highway 54
Kingdom City, MO
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.

The public may attend either community briefing at anytime during the advertised hours. For more information or accessibility information for the physically disabled, please call 1-888-ASK-MoDOT (275-6636) or TDD 1-800-735-2966 for the hearing impaired.

The Safe & Sound Bridge Improvement Program will improve 800 of Missouri's worst bridges in five years. Ninety bridges will be replaced or repaired in the mid-Missouri area as a part of this program. For more information or a complete listing of bridges included in the program, please call 1-888-ASK-MoDOT (275-6636) or log onto www.modot.org.