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Traffic shift comes to eastbound Interstate 435 in Kansas City, Missouri, this weekend

Traffic shift comes to eastbound Interstate 435 in Kansas City, Missouri, this weekend
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is making plans for another big traffic shift along I-435. The end result will make eastbound lanes look like the westbound lanes currently look, with two expressway lanes and two exit lanes and a barrier in between.

With this traffic shift MoDOT has scheduled several lane and ramp closures along eastbound I-435 from the State Line Road to the Three Trails Crossing (Grandview Triangle) over the weekend. This is all part of the South Loop Link Project.

Thursday, April 25: Crews will close the eastbound Wornall Road entrance ramp and eastbound Holmes Road exit ramp from 9 a.m. to noon.

Friday, April 26: Crews will close the far right lane of eastbound I-435 from State Line Road to Wornall Road from 9 a.m to 7:30 p.m. Both ramps from State Line Road to eastbound I-435 and the exit ramp to Wornall Road will also close at 9 a.m. Friday and remain closed until 5 a.m. Monday, April 29.

Friday, April 26 through Monday, April 29: Both far right lanes of eastbound I-435 will be closed from State Line to Three Trails Crossing from 7:30 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. In addition the Wornall Road entrance ramp and the Holmes Road exit ramp will be closed.

MoDOT says the Friday closure will have SIGNIFICANT impacts to end-of-the-day commuter traffic headed eastbound. The new configuration will also impact eastbound traffic for a few days until motorists get accustomed to the new flow.

Monday, April 29: Eastbound I-435 will have three “expressway” lanes that will have NO access to exit ramps and one lane that will have access to all ramps but will have to follow a detour on Red Bridge Road to access northbound I-435 or I-49. Traffic will remain in this configuration for about 10 days until crews fully switch to the next phase which will have two express lanes and two exit lanes split.