A bridge deck replacement on Route EE over Little River Drainage Ditch No. 29 in New Madrid County is scheduled to begin on Thursday, October 15, weather permitting.

The bridge will be closed to traffic during construction, which is scheduled thru Monday, November 30. Motorists will be detoured around the bridge during the construction.

The improvements are being planned as part of MoDOT's Safe & Sound Bridge Improvement Program, which will improve 800 of Missouri's worst bridges in five years.

For more information about the planned work or for a complete listing of bridges included in the program, please call 1-888-ASK-MoDOT (275-6636).