MoDOT Project Update:

Route 65 Widening/Evans Road Bridge Projects Week of September 9 -- FINAL PROJECT UPDATE
  • Crews and equipment close to traffic for cleanup work
  • THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE during the construction work! 

Work Scheduled:

  • Grading shoulders
  • Removing heavy equipment
  • General cleanup work 

Traffic Impacts:

  • Equipment moving in and out of work areas
  • All new lanes of Route 65 OPEN between a point south of Evans Road and Christian County Route CC/J in Ozark
  • All bridges open to traffic
  • Southbound Route 65 right lane becomes EXIT ONLY lane to Christian County Route CC/J 

(Weather and/or construction delays will alter the work schedule.) 

Here’s a look at the Route 65/Evans Road Bridge project:

  • Widen Route 65 to six lanes, three lanes in each direction, between a point south of Evans Road and Christian County Routes CC/J  to continue the progress to six lane Route 65 south to Ozark
  • Widen and rehabilitate southbound Route 65 bridge over Farmer Branch south of Evans Road to accommodate new lanes
  • Rehabilitate Evans Road bridge over Route 65 — COMPLETE
  • Prime contractor: Millstone Weber, LLC of St. Charles
  • Estimated total project cost: $10.2 million
  • Project nearing completion
  • Project website  

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