Traffic to start flowing across new bridge on Highway 72

Traffic should start flowing on the new bridge over the Little Whitewater River in Bollinger County today or Friday, according to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release.

According to the release, Penzel Construction plans to divert traffic from a temporary bypass around the bridge, which was used during construction, to the new bridge. The next phase of construction -- removing the bypass, constructing shoulders and slopes and replacing asphalt shoulders and roadway -- will then begin.

The work zone will have a posted speed limit of 45 miles per hour.

The bridge is 2.5 miles west of Highway 51 at Patton, Mo.

Weather permitting, work will take place from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily until the end of October.

For additional information, contact MoDOT at 888-275-6636.