MoDOT Almost Done Replacing Culverts on First Part of Route A

Missouri Department of Transportation crews are close to finishing replacing culvert pipes along the first half of the Highway A improvement project.

Judy Wagner, MoDOT area engineer, said there are two more culvert pipes to be replaced along the section between Union and Highway YY at Krakow.

After that we will try to begin culvert replacement work from Krakow to Washington, Wagner said. There are seven pipes along that section.

The work involves closing both lanes of the highway at points where culvert pipes under the highway are excavated and replaced with new pipes.

Motorists need to plan on making detours, as crews will be completely closing the highway where work is being done.

MoDOT encourages drivers to use Highway 47 as an alternate route during this preliminary construction work.

Meanwhile, N.B. West Contracting Company, the contractor, has started preliminary work on the improvement project.

Wagner said the contractor plans to begin work next week on replacing driveway culverts and ditch work starting at Union and heading north.

Wagner anticipates that it will take two construction seasons to complete improvements along the 7.2-mile stretch of highway.

The first segment, from Union, just north of the Independence Drive intersection, to Highway YY at Krakow is scheduled to be completed by the end of this year.

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MoDOT Almost Done Replacing Culverts on First Part of Route A