Road work to cause lane reductions

Road work will cause lane reductions on three local highways starting today, while two Perry County roads closed last week due to flooding have reopened, according to news releases from the Missouri Department of Transportation.

The Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge will be reduced to one lane each way from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, weather permitting, while MoDOT engineers conduct an annual inspection.

Route OO in Cape Girardeau County will be reduced to one lane from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. today while crews perform drainage repairs. The lane reduction will be in place from County Road 379 to the bridge over Dillard Creek.

Route AB in Scott County will be reduced to one lane while MoDOT crews perform bridge repairs between county roads 302 and 303 starting at 7 a.m. today, weather permitting. The work will continue through 4 p.m. Thursday.

Routes A and E in Perry County reopened after floodwaters from the Mississippi River closed them last week. The Missouri Department of Transportation reported that two other routes in Perry and Scott counties remain closed. They are Route C from County Road 357 to County Road 352 in Perry County and Route E from Route N to Water Street in Commerce, Mo.

For more information on any of these projects, call MoDOT at 888-275-6636.