ST. LOUIS – Drivers who use Interstate 44 near I-270 in St. Louis County should be allow extra time or consider alternate routes to avoid ramp closures this weekend.
Weather permitting, crews will close the ramp from westbound I-44 to southbound I-270 (Exit 276) Friday, August 11 at 8 p.m. for continuing bridge preventative maintenance. The ramp to northbound I-270 will remain open.
In addition, crews will close the ramp from southbound I-270 to westbound I-44 (Exit 5B) and two lanes on southbound I-270 near the exit Friday August 11 at 8 p.m. The ramp from southbound to eastbound will remain open.
Both ramps will reopen Monday, August 14 by 5 a.m.
To detour around the westbound to southbound ramp closure, drivers can continue westbound on I-44 and take the ramp to North Highway Drive (Exit 275), cross the interstate at Mraz, follow South Highway Drive to eastbound I-44 and take the exit (Exit 276) for southbound I-270.
To detour around the closure for southbound to westbound, drivers can continue on southbound I-270 to Route 30 (Gravois Road/Exit 3), cross over the interstate and continue northbound to get to westbound I-44.
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