KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Transportation reopened the northbound lanes of Interstate 35 from 12th Street to Interstate 70 in Kansas City early Wednesday morning.
The closure had been in place for nine months, since March 2022.
MoDOT closed the northbound lanes as part of the Buck O’Neil Bridge replacement project. Crews installed a retaining wall and made other changes to eventually connect I-35 directly to U.S. 169 Highway.
Construction on the $220 million bridge should end in December 2024.
REOPENED! The northbound lanes of I-35 in @KansasCity are back open from 12th Street to I-70 after a 9-month closure as part of @MoDOT_KC’s #BuckBridge project.
— Charlie Keegan (@CharlieKeegan41) December 14, 2022
Here’s a timelapse showing the highway (notice the ramp from I35 NB to I70 WB remains closed)@KSHB41@41TrafficNow pic.twitter.com/QrjoZ9g0XE
More closures are on the horizon. MoDOT will close the southbound lanes of U.S. 169 Highway on the existing Buck O’Neil Bridge in February 2023. Those closures will last more than one year.
