MoDOT: Traffic will not be interrupted for bridge project

Cars pass over the Hurricane Deck Bridge in Sunrise Beach. Finalized plans for replacement of the aging structure calls for a new bridge to be built "about three feet west of the old bridge," according to MoDOT engineer Bob Lynch.
Cars pass over the Hurricane Deck Bridge in Sunrise Beach. Finalized plans for replacement of the aging structure calls for a new bridge to be built "about three feet west of the old bridge," according to MoDOT engineer Bob Lynch.

Despite earlier estimates it would take five to seven days to reroute Highway 5 traffic from the old Hurricane Deck Bridge onto a new span, Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) officials now say the road will only be closed for "15 or 20 minutes" once the new bridge is built.

Bob Lynch, MoDOT engineer, said the finalized plans for replacement of the aging structure calls for a new bridge to be built "about three feet west of the old bridge."

"The contractor we hired (American Bridge Company of Overland Park, Kan.) presented us with a plan that does not call for moving either structure," he said.