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HANNIBAL – Weather permitting, July 24, Lewis County Missouri Route 16 is scheduled to close as work begins on the bridge rehabilitation project located over U.S. Route 61, 0.7 mile north of Route P at Canton. A signed detour will be in place to route traffic around the bridge closure. All entrance and exit ramps at the interchange will remain open during the bridge closure. The project is scheduled to be completed by mid-September.
Included in this contract is an additional bridge rehabilitation project on Route P over Route 61, 0.7 miles south of Route 16 near Canton. This bridge project is scheduled to begin immediately following the Route 16 bridge completion.
Emery Sapp & Sons, Inc. was awarded the contract earlier this year in the amount of $1,360,618.33. The bridges are expected to be completed and re-open by late October.
For more information on this and other projects in your area, please contact MoDOT’s Customer Center toll-free at 1-888-ASK MODOT (275-6636). You can also visit us online at www.modot.mo.gov/northeast.
Work with us in the work zone! Please remember to obey all work zone signs and personnel. With an increased number of highway work zones in Missouri, we urge all drivers to pay attention every second while driving, especially through a work zone. Be informed of your route by checking the MoDOT Traveler Information Map before you leave to see if you will encounter any work zones.