MODOT Wants Holiday Drivers to Avoid I 70

The Missouri Department of Transportation has issued a travel warning for motorists heading westbound on Interstate-70 in western Missouri over the Memorial Day weekend. Due to a bridge deck replacement on I-70 at the Blackwater River bridge in Saline County, westbound traffic is reduced to one lane. In recent weekends, motorists have been experiencing an hour delay in this work zone near mile marker 77.   Motorists leaving the Lake of the Ozarks on Monday (25) are advised to use Route 50 or Route 36 as alternate routes to westbound I-70…