For more information, contact Customer Service at 888-ASK MODOT (1-888-273-6636)
May 26, 2019– For immediate release
Multiple roads closed in Northwest Missouri
Northwest District, Mo. – Rain has currently closed over 85 roads in Northwest Missouri and many more are susceptible to floodwaters this weekend. Missouri Department of Transportation crews are working diligently to open roads and repair washed out culverts. Floodwaters can rise quickly, potentially before crews and other emergency services are able to place barricades across the roadway, if there is water on the road, turn around.
MoDOT reminds motorists it only takes six inches of water (or less!) to lose control of your vehicle and possibly be swept into rising floodwaters. Any time there is water over the roadway, there may be unseen damage to the road surface below. Stay alert and do not drive through water over a roadway or around construction barricades. MoDOT encourages all motorists to Turn Around! Don’t Drown!
To report a roadway with water on it, please call our 24-hour Customer Service line at 888 ASK MODOT (1-888-275-6636).
With flash flooding, roads can be closed or reopened on short notice. To see the most up-to-date list of known roadways closed due to flooding, travelers have a few options:
- MoDOT’s App: Search “MoDOT Traveler Information” in your app store.
- MoDOT’s online Traveler Information Map, found at: http://traveler.modot.org/map/
- Text report of flooded roads, sortable by county: http://traveler.modot.org/report/modottext.aspx?type=flood
- MoDOT’s 24-hour Customer Service line: 888 ASK MODOT (1-888-275-6636)
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MoDOT’s Flooded Roads List