UPDATE- Crews have changed the direction of the interstate closure for Wednesday, December 7 and Thursday, December 8:
ST. CHARLES COUNTY – Drivers on Interstate 70 at Cave Springs may experience temporary delays overnight Wednesday, December 7 and Thursday, December 8. Crews will be placing girders over I-70 from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m.
Motorists can expect a two-lane closure approaching the bridge construction and then 15-minute intermittent full closures of the interstate while girders are swung into place.
Crews will start setting the girders on eastbound I-70 at Cave Springs on Wednesday, December 7. Then, crews will place girders on westbound I-70 at Cave Springs the following night, Thursday, December 8. Seven girders will be set each night and all work is weather permitting.
The Cave Springs and Zumbehl interchanges are being converted into single point urban interchanges (SPUI) for the I-70 Cave Springs to Fairgrounds Design-Build Project. As construction on this project progresses, both interchanges will remain open to drivers.
For more information, visit www.i70csfg.com for project updates.