ST. LOUIS – Drivers who use the Poplar Street Bridge to head into Illinois should consider other options next week as MoDOT crews inspect the eastbound Poplar Street Bridge next Monday and Tuesday.
Weather permitting, crews will close the ramp from northbound I-55/eastbound I-44 to the Poplar Street Bridge starting at 6 a.m. Monday, February 13. The ramp will reopen by 3 p.m.
If necessary, crews will also close the ramp Tuesday, February 14, from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.
To avoid the closure, drivers should consider using the Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge on I-70; I-255/I-270; or the Martin Luther King or Eads bridges in St. Louis City. To detour around the closure, drivers should continue on eastbound I-44 to Washington Avenue, take Lumiere Place Boulevard and turn onto the Martin Luther King Bridge into Illinois.
If the work is canceled due to weather, it will be pushed to February 20 and 21.