Route JJ bridge closing for replacement

TONY BROWN/DAILY FORUM
The One Hundred and Two River bridge just west of Hopkins will close later this month for replacement by the Missouri Department of Transportation. Work is scheduled to begin April 12 and continue through June.

HOPKINS, Mo. — A portion of Route JJ in Nodaway County will soon close for a bridge replacement project.

Contractors from Widel Inc. of Blackwater, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, will block the blacktop to all traffic at the bridge, which crosses the One Hundred and Two River immediately west of Hopkins, on Tuesday, April 12.

The closure is expected to last through June. Motorists will need to use an alternate route.

The shortest detour around the construction site consists of two gravel roads: Jade Road, which runs south from Route JJ and 130th Street, which runs west from Highway 148.

Drivers eastbound on JJ would take Jade south and 130th Street east to 148. Westbound motorists would turn west on 130th before heading north to Jade.

All work is weather permitting, and the schedule is subject to change.

For more information about this and other MoDOT projects, call the department’s information line at 888.275.6636) or go to www.modot.org/northwest and view the online Traveler Information Map.