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Two Missouri River crossings now closed

By Aaron J Wisdom

03/16/2019

(KLZA)--Two Missouri River crossings north of St. Joseph are now closed due to flooding: U.S. Route 159 in Holt County and U.S. Route 136 in Atchison County. The Missouri Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the Nebraska Department of Transportation, has closed these roadways due to flooding and the potential for rapidly rising water.

U.S. Route 159 is flooded and closed west of Route 111 near Big Lake. That closure may extend further east overnight. Residents and motorists should use caution in the area and remain alert for additional water over roadways.

U.S. Route 136 is closed west of Rock Port. Due to the threat of vehicles being caught in rapidly rising water, should levees be overtopped or breached, the road is closed on both the Missouri side and on the Nebraska side of the Missouri River.

Rising water along the Missouri River and other smaller rivers and streams have closed portions of I-29 in Iowa and Missouri, as well as other roadways throughout the two states. Roads impacted by flooding are expected to be closed for an extended period of time.

Interstate 29 is now CLOSED between Exit 110 at Rock Port and Exit 11 at Hamburg, Iowa.

Through Traffic on I-29 between Council Bluffs/Omaha and Kansas City is being asked to detour along I-25 and I-80

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