BOONE COUNTY - A bridge deck replacement for the Sugar Creek Bridge on Route F in Boone County has been completed and the bridge is now open to traffic.

The Sugar Creek Bridge is located five miles west of Route 63. The original structure was built in 1961 and was 102 feet long and 22 feet wide. The new bridge deck widens the driving surface to 24 feet.

Work began on May 6 and the bridge was closed to traffic until Friday, May 29. MoDOT extends its thanks to motorists for their patience while the work was underway.

The deck replacement cost $236,118.23. The improvements are part of MoDOT's Safe & Sound Bridge Improvement Program, which 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.

Five bridges have now been completed in mid-Missouri.  Three more bridges are scheduled to begin in early June. There are 27 bridges currently under construction across the state.

For more information about the project or for a complete listing of bridges included in the program, please call 1-888-ASK-MoDOT (275-6636) or log onto www.modot.org/central. You can also follow MoDOT's Central District on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MoDOT_Central.