MoDOT closes parts of I-44, I-55 Friday

The Missouri Department of Transportation plans to close parts of northbound I-44 and I-55 on Friday night in the downtown area.

Crews are scheduled to place girders over the interstate for the new Poplar Street Bridge ramp to southbound I-55, MoDOT said.

At 8 p.m., crews plan to close all northbound lanes and ramps on I-44 between the 7th Street and Park Avenue intersection and the Martin Luther King ramp, according to a MoDOT alert. Crews also plan to close all lanes and ramps on northbound I-55 from Gravois Avenue to the Poplar Street Bridge, as well as the on-ramps from Marion Street (Soulard) and 12th Street and Gravois to northbound I-55.

All northbound lanes and ramps are scheduled to reopen by 11 a.m. Saturday, before Saturday's Cardinals game, MoDOT said.

The work is weather dependent.

This story was originally published May 14, 2015 at 3:17 PM with the headline "MoDOT closes parts of I-44, I-55 Friday."