SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Some drivers in Springfield will need to readjust their routes for three major road closures happening along Interstate 44.
The National Avenue Bridge under I-44 is now closed for construction. The Broadway Avenue and Grant Avenue bridges are also planned to see a closure soon and will close intermittently, with MODOT saying it plans to start with Broadway.
The goal is to demolish the older bridges and to build new ones to accommodate the expanded freeway…