Update for Week of July 31, 2017
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE PROJECT IN THE COMING WEEK:
- Southbound Route 65 SCHEDULED TO OPEN between Chestnut Expressway and Sunshine Street by midnight Sunday, July 30
- ALL LANES OF ROUTE 65 OPEN DURING DAYTIME HOURS WEEK OF JULY 31
- NORTHBOUND ROUTE 65 BETWEEN SUNSHINE STREET AND CHESTNUT EXPRESSWAY SCHEDULED TO CLOSE AT 12:01 A.M. MONDAY, AUGUST 7
Work Scheduled:
- Sawing concrete pavement at night in two outside lanes of northbound Route 65 between Sunshine and Kearney Streets, prepping for removal starting week of August 7
- Cleanup work at night on southbound Route 65 in areas between Kearney Street and Sunshine Street
Traffic Impacts:
- NIGHTTIME LANE CLOSINGS: Up to two northbound and/or southbound lanes of Route 65 closed at times between Kearney and Sunshine Streets. Work hours: 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday-Friday.
- All lanes of Route 65 OPEN during daytime hours
- All southbound Route 65 ramps OPEN between Kearney and Sunshine streets
- All I-44 ramps OPEN at Route 65
- TEMPORARY TRAFFIC SIGNALS:
- Located at Eastgate Avenue & Cherry Street, Eastgate Avenue & Catalpa Street, and LeCompte Road & Division Street intersections
- Drivers will experience delays at the intersection
- Traffic signals are temporary and will be removed when the closings of Route 65 are complete in late August/early September
(Weather or construction delays could alter the work schedule.)
Project Summary:
- Rebuild outside two lanes in both directions of Route 65 between Kearney Street and Sunshine Street
- Route 65 CLOSED in segments (between interchanges) in one direction at a time from week of July 10 until first of September
- Southbound closings start on July 10 with completion by late July/early August
- Southbound closed between Kearney and Division Streets week of July 10 -- COMPLETED
- Southbound closed between Division Street and Chestnut Expressway week of July 17 – COMPLETED
- Southbound closed between Chestnut Expressway and Sunshine Street week of July 24 – NEARING COMPLETION
- Northbound closings start on August 7 with completion by late August/early September
- Northbound closed between Sunshine Street and Chestnut Expressway week of August 7
- Northbound closed between Chestnut Expressway and Division Street week of August 14
- Northbound closed between Division Street and Kearney Street week of August 21
- Rebuild or repair interchange ramps
- Upgrade guardrail
- Rebuild outside shoulders
- Prime Contractor: Millstone Weber, LLC of St. Charles, Mo.
- Completion Date: November 2017
- Total Project Cost: $7.9 million
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