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Commuters Face Detour Come Monday

By Joel Hardy

07/10/2015

(KAIR)--The Missouri Department of Transportation has announced that the planned closing of the Bankers Crossing Bridge, south of St. Joseph on U.S. Highway 59, will close one day earlier than previously announced.

According to a release from MoDot, the bridge will now close on Monday, instead of Tuesday. The closure is planned in order to tie the new bridge, which is being built next to the old bridge, into the existing roadway. The closure is expected to last approximately 30 days, and traffic will be directed over a signed detour on Routes 752,371, and 116.

The old bridge carries more than 5,000 vehicles per day and has been deemed to be structurally deficient. It is twenty four feet wide, has no shoulders, and has limited site distance due to the curve of the highway. The new bridge is wider, provides shoulders, and realigns the roadway.

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