The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) will be closing the I-55 Mississippi River Bridge in June for construction and repair work to the structure.
According to TDOT, the bridge will close on June 9 at 8 p.m. and won't reopen until Monday June 12 at 6 a.m. as crews work on the I-55 and Crump interchange. They will be setting beams for the new Wisconsin Bridge, constructing of cross-over at the east end of I-55 bridge, and conducting repair work on the I-55 bridge.
All work is dependent on the weather.
Drivers will need to plan ahead as construction happens due to multiple routes being closed such as westbound on Crump Boulevard, I-55 southbound at Bridgeport Road in Arkansas, and I-55 northbound at South Parkway in Tennessee.
Beginning Monday June 12 when it reopens, there will be new traffic patterns, according to TDOT:
- I-55 SB outside lane will be closed from the west end of the I-55 bridge through the project site and the SB inside lane will cross over at the east end of the I-55 bridge and share the current I-55 NB cloverleaf ramp with I-55 NB
- I-55 NB outside lane of the cloverleaf ramp will be closed to allow for I-55 SB use
- Crump Boulevard WB will be closed (local traffic only beyond South Third Street)
- Riverside Drive / goes up Riverside Drive SB ramp to I-55 NB and then can exit at Metal Museum Drive
- Riverside Drive SB will remain closed at Carolina
- Riverside Drive NB will remain closed to Carolina
- Wisconsin will remain closed
- Channel 3 ramp to Riverside Drive SB will remain closed
- Channel 3 ramp from Riverside Drive SB will remain closed
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Source: MSN.com
