A major stretch of Interstate 70 will be closed for nearly all of next year as Project I-70 continues in Kansas City, Missouri.
The Missouri Department of Transportation announced that I-70 from Prospect Avenue to Emanuel Cleaver II Boulevard will be closed for 11 months in 2027 to complete mainline work on the interstate.
Crews will work on adding a fourth eastbound I-70 thru lane, replacing the mainline I-70 bridges, and reconstructing the mainline I-70 at Benton Boulevard and Jackson Avenue…