ST. LOUIS – Drivers who cross between Illinois and Missouri using Interstate 255 over the Mississippi River should prepare for various traffic switches and lane closures over the next two weeks.
Crews are preparing the roadway to move westbound traffic on the interstate to the eastbound bridge April 1. Two lanes of traffic in each direction will use the eastbound bridge when that shift is complete. Crews will be completing various activities over the next two weeks to prepare for that shift. All work is weather permitting.
Work includes:
- Weekdays from now through April 1, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., one lane closed westbound from Illinois across the bridge.
- Weeknights from now through April 1, 6 p.m. to 5 a.m., two lanes closed eastbound starting at Telegraph and continuing across the bridge.
- Wednesday, March 15, starting at 6 a.m., one lane on eastbound I-255 across the bridge will be closed around the clock through December.
- Wednesday, March 15, 7 p.m. to 6 a.m., crews will close two lanes eastbound on I-255 starting at Telegraph and continuing across the bridge. Crews will also close the ramp from Koch Road to I-255 during that time.
- Weeknights, starting Monday, March 27 through Friday, March 31, 6 p.m.to 5 a.m., two lanes closed westbound starting in Illinois and continuing across the bridge.
- Saturday, April 1, starting at 5 a.m., one lane closed on westbound I-255 across the bridge, around the clock through December. When traffic shifts, the ramp from westbound I-255 to Koch Road will also close.
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