Project Update
Week of Mar. 15-19
- Nighttime closing of eastbound U.S. 60 for bridge work early in week
- Grading work taking place in U.S. 65 median south of U.S. 60
Work scheduled:
- Installing bridge girders for eastbound U.S. 60-to-northbound U.S. 65 "flyover" ramp
- Blasting rock/moving rock and dirt along westbound U.S. 60 west of U.S. 65
- Grading in the U.S. 65 median south of U.S. 60 to build a temporary bypass
- Building forms for bridge deck on northbound U.S. 65-to-westbound U.S. 60 "flyover" ramp
- Grading rock and dirt to build bridges on either side of U.S. 60 near the railroad tracks
- Building retaining walls in various locations
- Other bridge work in various locations
- Moving equipment at night
Traffic Impacts:
- NIGHTTIME LANE/RAMP CLOSINGS: Both eastbound lanes of U.S. 60 will be CLOSED and the southbound U.S. 65-to-eastbound U.S. 60 ramp CLOSED over several nights for bridge grider installation. Work hours: 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday-Wednesday.
DETOUR: Southbound on U.S. 65 to Evans Road, up and over the interchange, to northbound U.S. 65 to eastbound U.S. 60.
- SHORT-TERM TRAFFIC STOPS ON U.S. 60 WEST OF U.S. 65: Both lanes of U.S. 60 slowed and possibly stopped up to 10 minutes before and during blasting operations between Glenstone Avenue west of U.S. 65 and Greene County Farm Road 189 east of U.S. 65. Blasting hour: 5 a.m. Monday through Friday.
- Nighttime lane closings on northbound and southbound U.S. 65 south of U.S. 60 for median work
- Other nighttime lane and ramp closings possible
- All other work will take place AWAY from traffic
- Eastbound U.S. 60-to-southbound U.S. 65 ramp traffic using temporary bypass. (Ramp to Branson.) Ramp located 500 feet east of old ramp.
- Traffic shifts and narrowed driving lanes on U.S. 60 and U.S. 65
- Work zone speed limit: 60 mph.
- Work zone speed limit when lanes or ramps are closed: 45 mph
- Work zone posted with an additional $250 fine for speeding when workers are present.
Trail Impacts:
Trail users are urged not to go beyond the trail closed signs and the fencing. There are deep excavations, overhead construction beginning and large equipment moving back and forth over or near the closed trail segments. All this activity makes the trail in these areas unsafe to use which is why these trail segments have been closed.
TRAIL OPEN:
- Section of Galloway Creek Greenway trail remains open between the old iron bridge east of U.S. 65 and the Missouri Conservation Nature Center trail west of U.S. 65 and south of U.S. 60.
TRAIL CLOSINGS:
- Section of Galloway Creek Greenway trail CLOSED between U.S. 60 west of U.S. 65 near the railroad tracks and the Missouri Conservation Nature Center trail south of U.S. 60.
- James River Greenway trail between Galloway Creek Greenway trail near the iron bridge south of U.S. 60 and Brunswick Avenue north of U.S. 60.
- These trail segments are CLOSED INDEFINITELY for bridge work on U.S. 60 east of U.S. 65 and for excavation and construction of the new eastbound-to-northbound and northbound-to-westbound "flyover" ramps.
Project Background:
- Build new "flyover" ramps for eastbound U.S. 60-to-northbound U.S. 65 and northbound U.S. 65-to-westbound U.S. 60
- Build new bridges on U.S. 60 over railroad tracks
- Replace northbound U.S. 65 bridge over U.S. 60 and replace westbound U.S. 60 bridge over Lake Springfield
- Widen and rehabilitate eastbound U.S. 60 bridge over Lake Springfield
- Rehabilitate the southbound U.S. 65 bridge over U.S. 60
- Install new highway lighting and storm drains
Scheduled completion: October 2012
Updated: March 12, 2010 |
