U.S. 54 in Lake Ozark to close for one hour tonight

All lanes of U.S. 54 between the Osage River Bridge and the Missouri 242 interchange will be closed for one hour beginning at midnight tonight to allow Ameren Missouri to repair power lines damaged by Monday night's storm. Motorists will be detoured along 242 and Business 54 across the Bagnell Dam during the closure.

Local law enforcement and MoDOT staff are working with Ameren Missouri officials to coordinate the closure. Electronic message boards and other traffic control tools will be put in place to help direct traffic around the work zone.

Following the one-hour closure, the speed limit on that same stretch of 54 will be reduced to 40 mph from 6:30 a.m. to noon on Thursday to enable Ameren Missouri to work on overhead power lines.