Joplin – Drivers can expect one-lane traffic and occasional traffic delays when a project to resurface and add guardrail to Missouri Route 66 (7th Street) in Joplin begins the week of May 28, the Missouri Department of Transportation said.
Route 66 will receive a new driving surface and new guardrail along a nearly three-mile stretch of the highway between Range Line Road and Missouri Route 249.
Work on this project is scheduled to done 7 p.m.-7 a.m., Tuesday, May 29 through Tuesday, June 5.
All lanes of traffic will be open during daytime hours.
Signs and message boards will alert drivers to the work zone.
Weather and/or scheduling delays will alter the work schedule.
Project Background
- Prime Contractor: APAC-Central Inc., Fayetteville, Ark.
- Completion Date: November 1, 2018 (However, the contractor expects to be finished in early June)
- Construction Cost: $739,000
(For more information, call MoDOT in Springfield at 417-895-7600 or visit www.modot.org/southwest)
(Follow MoDOT's Southwest District: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram |YouTube)