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A project to widen Route 65 to four-lanes between Fair Grove and Dallas County Route EE near Foose has been completed.
A new type of crossover, featuring U-turn lanes instead of straight-across access, was built at four intersections to enhance safety by reducing right-angle conflict points.
The project:
- Added two new driving lanes west of existing Route 65. The new lanes will become the southbound lanes. The new southbound lanes opened Monday, August 24, 2009.
- New intersections were built at Dallas County Route AA; Route 215 and Dallas County Route O; Route 38 and Dallas County Route TT; and Dallas County Route EE.
Each of the four new intersections feature two U-turn crossovers where drivers will NOT meet in the median.
Instead, drivers who want to turn left onto Route 65 or left off of Route 65 use one of the U-turn lanes built 660 feet north and south of the intersection.
Drivers who want to cross Route 65 at one of the four intersections now turn right and use one of the new U-turn crossovers 660 feet down the highway.
Signs and pavement striping clearly mark the U-turn crossovers.
- Existing Route 65 became the northbound lanes.
- A new bridge was built to carry the southbound lanes of Route 65 over the Pomme de Terre River just north of Fair Grove.
- The old Pomme de Terre River bridge just west of the existing highway was torn down to make way for the new bridge.
The project was completed in December 2009.
Emery Sapp and Sons of Columbia is the prime contractor, for a low bid amount of $19.7 million.
For more information, contact our Springfield District Office at 417-895-7600 or
1-888-ASK-MoDOT (275-6636).
Last updated: August 2010.
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