Traffic Ahead: Hazelwood Should Allot More Time for Downtown Commute, MoDOT Inspection

Missouri Department of Transportation will close one lane in each direction on the Poplar Street Bridge starting Monday for bridge inspection.

The lanes on the bridge will be closed weekdays from 9 a.m. to approximately 2:30 p.m. Crews will use a snooper truck to look at the bridge’s foundation and supporting steel. The inspection will last approximately three weeks.

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Motorists should be aware of the following on-going closures:

• I-64, St. Louis City, the Vandeventer ramp to westbound I-64 is closed until late 2013.
• I-64, St. Louis City, drivers in both directions will have three shifted, 10-foot lanes between Kingshighway to Vandeventer until November 2013. The rightmost lane of eastbound I-64 will exit at Hampton.
• Wellington, St. Louis City, the Wellington bridge closed over the River Des Peres until April 2013. Detour to Jamieson Avenue bridge.
• I-70, (westbound section of the Interstate 70 Blanchette bridge over the Missouri River) will remain closed until fall 2013. The eastbound I-70 bridge has three lanes of traffic in each direction. The ramp from northbound 5th Street to eastbound I-70 is closed until fall 2013.