Highway 54 overpass in Kingdom City to close at end of October

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Highway 54 overpass in Kingdom City that goes over Interstate 70 will closed at the end of the month as crews demolish old bridges as part of the Improve I-70 Project, according to a Tuesday press release from the Missouri Department of Transportation.

MoDOT crews will demolish “the two no-longer-used bridges in the middle of the new roundabout” at I-70 and Highway 54 from 7 p.m. Friday, Oct.30 through 5 a.m. Monday, Nov. 2, the release says. The roundabout will be closed and there will be no access over I-70 through Highway 54. The ramps at Exit 148 will stay open, the release says.

As demolition occurs:

• I-70: Both directions of I-70 will narrow to one lane and drivers will be directed up and over the ramps at Exit 148 and back onto I-70.
• Soutbound Highway 54: While the ramps will remain open, traffic on Highway 54 will not have access across I-70.
  • Eastbound Highway 54 traffic will be detoured via eastbound I-70 to Callaway County Routes A/Z (Exit 155) to westbound I-70.
  • Westbound Highway 54 traffic will be detoured via westbound I-70 to Callaway County Route M (Exit 144) to eastbound I-70.
    • All ramps at Route M/Hatton will be open for the duration of the demolition. After the demolition is complete, the eastbound ramps will close again.