MoDOT repairs cause road closures

Route 51 in Perry County will be closed today between County Road 934 and County Road 236. Traffic will be diverted to Main Street in McBride while crews repair a railroad crossing. Work is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. today and will continue until 5:30 p.m. Friday. A bridge replacement project on Route 72 in Bollinger County is scheduled to continue until October. Traffic will be diverted July 14 or 15 so contractors can remove and construct the new Little White Water bridge. The bypass will have the speed limit of 35 mph. Crews will be working a section of road 2.5 miles west of Route 51 in Patton. Work will continue from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.