Weekend Detour: MoDOT To Close East I-44 Exit Ramp onto South I-270

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and its contractor Millstone Bangert will close the exit ramp from eastbound Interstate 44 to southbound Interstate 270 tonight, weather permitting.

Crews will also close the southbound I-270 exit ramp to eastbound I-44 this weekend. Both exit ramps will be closed due to the close distance to the work zone on southbound I-270 at I-44 and Rott Road.

Crews will have temporary lane closures on southbound I-270 between I-44 and Gravois Road this weekend for bridge rehabilitation.

• Friday, July 22, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, July 25, the ramp from eastbound I-44 to southbound I-270 will be closed.
• Saturday, July 23, from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Sunday, July 24, the southbound I-270 exit ramp to eastbound I-44 will be closed.
• Friday, July 22, from 9 p.m. through 5 a.m. Monday, July 25, two lanes of southbound I-270 between I-44 and Gravois Road will close leaving only two lanes of southbound I-270 open to traffic.

Suggested weekend detour routes:

• During the weekend lane closures on southbound I-270, motorists are advised to use Highway 141 as an alternative.
• During the closure of the eastbound I-44 ramp to southbound I-270, motorists are advised to use the Lindbergh Boulevard exit  to Gravois Road to southbound I-270. Detour signs will be posted.
• During the closure of the southbound I-270 exit ramp to eastbound I-44, motorists are advised to continue south on I-270 and exit at Gravois Road to northbound I-270 and exit to eastbound I-44. Detour signs will be posted.

All work is expected to be completed by 5 a.m. Monday. All lanes will be shifted, with two left through lanes and two right through lanes. All lanes will be narrowed to 11 feet. The work zone speed limit
will be 45 miles per hour.

This work is part of the I-270 rehabilitation projects on the northbound and southbound I-270 bridges over Rott Road and the I-270 bridges over I-44.