Exit/entrance ramps to I-70 near Millersburg to close for several months

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The exit and entrance ramps to Interstate 70 at mile marker 137 near Millersburg will close for several months, beginning in early May, a Friday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation says.

Crews have completed building two new lanes in the median from mile marker 137 to mile marker 144, the release says.

“In early May, crews plan to start reconstructing the existing eastbound lanes. This will require eastbound traffic to be shifted onto the newly constructed lanes, separated from westbound traffic with a temporary concrete barrier wall,” the release says.

The release says that motorists can take Exit 133 and use the north Outer Road 70 to Route J or take the north Outer Road 70 to Exit 144. Outer Road 70 is not continuous south of I-70 and does not connect to Route J. 

This work is part of the Improve I-70 Project, which aims to make Interstate 70 a three-lane highway across the entire state.