SOUTH SPRIGG STREET CLOSED TO TRAFFIC TODAY

Pavement work on the Mississippi River bridge highway project will force the closing of a section of South Sprigg Street for much of today.

South Sprigg Street will be closed from south of Morgan Oak to Maple Street from midmorning to midafternoon for concrete paving of northbound and southbound lanes of Sprigg Street at the relocated Highway 74 intersection.

Cars and pickups will be detoured to Frederick Street between Jefferson and Maple streets, Missouri Highway and Transportation Department officials said.

To prevent damage to city streets, truck traffic will be detoured from Sprigg Street and Southern Expressway to William Street and Sprigg Street, between Morgan Oak and William, via Kingshighway.

Directional signs, police and barricades will redirect traffic onto and through the detours, officials said.