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I-55 MS River Bridge to Temporarily Close Between Arkansas & Tennessee Beginning Friday October 6 at 8 pm

The Mississippi Department of Transportation Has Released the Following Traffic Advisory:

 

The Interstate 55 Mississippi River Bridge will close beginning Friday, Oct. 6 at 8 p.m. to continue construction activities on the I-55 and Crump interchange. 

 

Activities include work on the Wisconsin Bridge, repair work on the I-55 bridge, moving concrete barrier rail and stripping. All work is weather-dependent. 

 

The bridge will reopen to all traffic beginning Monday, Oct. 9 at 6 a.m. 

 

CLOSURES

 

The closure will include southbound lanes beginning at Bridgeport Road in Arkansas and northbound lanes beginning at South Parkway in Tennessee. Local traffic will be allowed to continue to the McLemore exit. 

 

The I-55 southbound ramp will be closed, and Crump Boulevard westbound will be closed. 

 

TRAFFIC

 

Traffic heading south on I-55 will need to take Interstate 40 through Memphis to Interstate 69. I-69 then connects to I-55 south of Memphis. 

 

Traffic heading north on I-55 will follow Interstate 69 to Interstate 40, then reconnect to I-55. 

 

For more details and updates click here.  
 
 
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