MoDOT increases efforts to keep water off I-55

Friday, May 13, 2011

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Despite a relatively dry four days, backwater from St. Johns Bayou is still inching up along a two-mile stretch of Interstate 55, worrying Missouri Department of Transportation officials even as they step up efforts to keep the critical highway open to traffic.

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