Westbound Blanchette Bridge Scheduled to Start Late Fall 2012

The $63 million rehabilitation of the westbound Interstate 70 Missouri River Bridge (Blanchette Bridge) will close and detour traffic starting late fall 2012. 

Walsh Construction Company plans to close the westbound I-70 Blanchette Bridge and shift lanes to the eastbound bridge starting late fall 2012, and no earlier than November 1.  The work will take less than one year.  During the construction, I-70 will have three lanes open for each direction using the eastbound bridge. An exact date for the traffic switch is contingent on the manufacturing of steel for the new truss and approach spans. Weather at that time of year could also affect the exact date. 

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