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state, but was also an inconvenience to motorists due to the lane closures needed to safely make the repairs. As a result, MoDOT started planning for a new replacement in the early 2000s.MODOT started studies for a new replacement around 2001 or 2002. On
December 10, 2004, the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission approved the design location of a third span, to be built upstream (to the west) of the two current spans. This new span will carry eastbound traffic, while the current eastbound span will carry westbound traffic. Funding was approved in July 2011 and construction is expected to begin in 2013. The Funding was finally unveiled in 2011, and in November, 2012 a design-build contract was awarded to the Walsh-Alberici joint venture team with designer Burns & McDonnell. Construction started in 2013 on a girder bridge, located upstream of the two existing bridges. All four eastbound lanes were routed onto the new bridge on June 28, 2015.
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The eastbound bridge closed on June 28, 2015 to be rehabilitated, at which point it was temporarily carried over the original westbound span. The work was completed on
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participated in the dedication of the bridge and roadway on
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The westbound span was closed for emergency repairs to a expansion joint in 2010.
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565:. Poplar Bluff, Missouri. June 24, 1937
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