MoDOT to close Highway 74

The Missouri Department of Transportation will close Highway 74 from Interstate 55 to Highway 25 at Dutchtown at 8 p.m. today due to flooding.

The agency said in a news release that local traffic from Highway 74 will still be able to access Cape Girardeau from Bloomfield Road.

Highway 25 and Route A at Dutchtown closed earlier this week as Mississippi River backwater flooding covered those roads.

Other state roads closed by flooding include Route E near Commerce in Scott County, Highway 177 north of Cape Girardeau and routes A and E in Perry County.