(KLZA)-- The bridge on Route J, over the  Tarkio River west of  Fairfax, Missouri has re-opened to traffic. 

Contractor Phillips Hardy and the Missouri  Department of  Transportation reopened the bridge Monday evening. The bridge replacement project was scheduled to be completed at the end of August, but flooding in the middle of the project caused a delay of about one month. 

For the next week there will be some work done to complete the project meaning some single-lane closures.  Flaggers will be used to direct traffic across the bridge during those times.