LAFAYETTE COUNTY – Crews will be conducting multiple traffic modifications in Odessa beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 15 for the demolition of the Johnson Drive bridge over Interstate 70.
Scheduled traffic modifications:
- I-70 westbound will close between Lafayette Co. Routes M/O (Exit 41) and Missouri Route 131 (Exit 37) from Tuesday, Sept. 15 at approximately 7 p.m. until Wednesday, Sept. 16 at approximately 6 a.m. Westbound traffic will be detoured to use Route O, U.S. Route 24, and Route 131.
- I-70 eastbound will be reduced to one lane in Odessa and diverted onto Old 40 Highway using a temporary connection and then back onto the interstate using the on-ramp at Johnson Drive. This traffic shift will be in place from Tuesday, Sept. 15 at approximately 7 p.m. until Wednesday, Sept. 16 at approximately 6 a.m.
- Old Hwy 40 will be closed to local traffic between 1st St. and Johnson Drive from Tuesday, Sept. 15 at approximately 7 p.m. until Wednesday, Sept. 16 at approximately 6 a.m.
- Johnson Drive will close over I-70 on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at approximately 7 p.m. until the new bridge is completed in Feb. 2027.
All work is weather permitting.
Improve I-70: Blue Springs to Odessa is the third project in MoDOT’s Statewide Improve I-70 Program and will add a third lane of travel in each direction to I-70 from just west of MO Route 7 in Blue Springs to approximately MO Route H. The project also includes interchange improvements at Route D in Bates City and at MO Route 131 in Odessa. The project was awarded in Spring 2025 and is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2028.
Missouri’s FY2024 budget, approved through the state legislative process and signed into law by the governor, provides $2.8 billion in General Revenue to build a third lane of I-70 across the state. The program will plan, design, construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, and add a third lane in each direction on nearly 200 miles of I-70, from Blue Springs to Wentzville. For more information on the Improve I-70 Program and to sign up for program e-mails, visit http://www.modot.org/improvei70. \
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