Final Public Meeting On “Northwest Bridge Bundle” Tomorrow

The final scheduled public meeting on the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Northwest Bridge Bundle project is scheduled for Tuesday night in Unionville.

MO-Dot is planning a project to replace or rehabilitate up to 34 poor-condition bridges in north central Missouri bringing them up to current standards. Most of these bridges are on low-volume roads with less than 400 vehicles per day, though some carry a much higher traffic load, and have been in place, on average, for 71 years.

The Northwest Bridge Bundle project will be built using the design-build delivery method which includes hiring one contracting team to complete the design work and build the highway improvement under one contract.

The last of the open-house style public information meetings will identify the 34 bridges currently being proposed for inclusion in the project, anticipated construction and traffic impacts at each bridge, and a broad overview of the planned schedule.

That meeting is scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday, March 28) at the Putnam County Library located at 115 south 16th Street in Unionville from 4 to 6 p.m.

If you are unable to attend a meeting, information regarding the proposed project and an opportunity to comment is available on the MoDOT webpage at www.modot.org/northwest-missouri-design-build-bridge-bundle through April 11, 2023.