County roads at 71 to be closed between Adrian and Passaic as part of I-49 project

County Road Access to Route 71 CLOSING between Adrian and Passaic Beginning Oct. 1

Bates County -- Three county roads that now access Route 71 between Adrian and Passaic will be closed at the highway permanently beginning Monday, Oct. 1, the Missouri Department of Transportation said.

County Road Northeast 10974, County Road Northeast 10004 and County Road Northeast 9004 between Adrian and Passaic will CLOSE at Route 71 as work progresses to upgrade Route 71 to Interstate 49.

Beginning Oct 1, the county roads and their crossovers on Route 71 will be removed PERMANENTLY.

Drivers will have to use other county roads and state highways to reach the Route 18 interchange at Adrian and the Bates County Route F/D interchange at Passaic.

During the county road/crossover removals, drivers can expect lane closings on Route 71 as MoDOT crews remove the county road approaches to the highway on either side of Route 71.

Also, crews will work in the Route 71 median to remove the crossovers at the county roads.

It will take approximately three days of work at each intersection to remove the pavement and then regrade slopes and do other dirt work.

The project should be completed by the end of October.

I-49 Wrapup

The county road intersections along Route 71 is part of the final group of U.S. 71 projects needed before the highway can be designated as I-49 by the end of 2012.

An interchange project at Vernon County Route TT and outer road construction in Bates County south of Rich Hill are under construction to help complete the upgrade.