MODOT To Close 1-70 at 1-435 For Bridge Demo

​     The Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) will have a complete closure of Interstate 70 in both directions at I-435 in Kansas City, MO beginning at 10 p.m. on Friday, February 21st, until approximately 5:00am on Monday, February 24th. This closure is for the demolition of the old I-435 bridges over I-70. This is part of the new partial turbine interchange construction at I-435 and I-70. All work is weather permitting.
Crews will begin reducing I-70 to ONE LANE in both directions near I-435 at approximately 8:00pm on Friday, February 21st. Motorists can expect various lane closures during this time.
I-70 will be closed entirely near I-435 at approximately 10:00pm on Friday, February 21st until approximately 5:00am on Monday, February 24th.
Eastbound I-70 will be reduced to one lane at Manchester Trafficway and traffic that has not already exited I-70 will be detoured off of I-70 at the ramp to southbound I-435.
Motorists needing to continue to eastbound I-70 are advised to take I-470 around the closure.
Westbound I-70 will be reduced to one lane at Blue Ridge Cutoff. All traffic that has not already exited I-70 will be routed onto northbound I-435.
Motorists needing to continue to westbound I-70 are advised to follow northbound I-435, turn around at 23rd Street, and follow southbound I-435 back onto westbound I-70.
     This work will have major impacts to traffic. For potential impacts to traffic, please review KC Scout cameras at http://www.kcscout.net or consult MODOT’s real-time traffic partner, WAZE.
     This is all part of a new interchange design being built at I-435 and I-70. The new design will be a partial turbine configuration. Improvements include full bridge replacements, removal of left exits, improvements to loop ramp configuration, and congestion relief. This project will have significant impacts on traffic for two full construction seasons and is scheduled to be complete by Dec. 2020.
     Additionally, MODOT will make the following traffic changes as part of the work to prepare for the I-435 over the Missouri River Bridge rehabilitation project:
Crews will close 2 lanes of southbound I-435 between Route 210 and Front St. from 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14 until 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 17 for concrete pier work;
Crews will close 2 lanes of northbound I-435 between Front St. and Route 210 from 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14 until 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 17 for concrete pier work;
Crews will close the ramp from eastbound Route 210 to southbound I-435 from 11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14 until 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 17 for concrete pier work;
Crews will close the ramp from westbound Route 210 to southbound I-435 from 11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14 until 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 17 for concrete pier work;
Crews will close the right lane of the ramp from Front St. to northbound I-435 from 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14 until 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 17 for concrete pier work.
     This work has the potential to impact Kansas City traffic greatly. Motorists are encouraged to plan accordingly and find alternate routes. All work is weather dependent.
     This is all part of a two-year bridge rehabilitation project, which is slated to begin in mid-March of 2020. Once this rehab project gets underway, crews will reduce northbound and southbound lanes between Route 210 and Front St. down to just one lane. Motorists can expect lengthy slowdowns in the area. The Missouri River Bridge is just south of Worlds of Fun.