I-435 Closure Scheduled for KC This Weekend

A stretch of Interstate 435 in Kansas City, Mo., will be totally closed to traffic this weekend.


Missouri DOT will close I-435 between 23rd Street and I-70 for up to 53 hours July 10-12 to remove the Route 40 bridge over I-435. Beginning at 12:01 in the morning Saturday, July 10, northbound and southbound I-435 will be closed to all traffic until 5 a.m. Monday, July 12.

There also will be various lane closures from 7 p.m. to midnight Friday, July 9. Also, the westbound ramp from I-70 to northbound I-435 and the eastbound ramp from I-70 to northbound I-435 will close at various times beginning 10 p.m. Friday, July 9, through 5 a.m. Monday, July 12.

Through traffic on southbound I-435 will be diverted to I-35. Through traffic on northbound I-435 will be diverted to westbound I-70 and northbound I-35. Message boards, detour signs and Kansas City Scout message boards will direct motorists during the closure.

Interstate carriers might choose to avoid the kcICON bridge construction project on I-29/35 by taking I-435/470 south to loop around the metro KC area.