(KLZA)-- Holt County, Missouri, Route B will be closed daily, just north of Route 120, through Wednesday, April 27.

The Missouri Department of Transportation issued a permit to Geotechnology Inc. to conduct core drilling operations near the Hickory Creek Bridge.

The road will be closed daily from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., including weekends. It will reopen each afternoon. Motorists are being directed over a signed detour on U.S. Route 59 and Routes 113 and 120.

All work is weather-permitting, and schedules are subject to change.