Missouri 79

Missouri 79 is temporarily closed at the entrance to the Mark Twain Cave and Campground as crews clean up following a derailment.

(LOUISIANA)--  The site for a new bridge at Louisiana should be chosen by July 2015, but construction won’t start until money is available.    People got a look Tuesday at three site options for the new bridge. Two of the routes go north of the existing Champ Clark Bridge and one is south of it...

Options for replacing the Champ Clark Bridge at Louisiana and upgrading its western approach will be formally unveiled Tuesday. The Missouri Department of Transportation will host a public meeting about the options from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Twin Pike Family YMCA in Louisiana...

Clarksville Mayor Jo Anne Smiley is urging an upgrade of Missouri Highway 79. She told a panel of state transportation officials that the scenic road is the Pike County community’s lifeline, and that an increasing number of floods is jeopardizing an economy that’s built largely upon tourism.

Site options for a new Louisiana bridge are being narrowed.

(HANNIBAL)—Another phase of work is starting on Missouri 79 just south of Hannibal.

(HANNIBAL)—Work on Missouri 79 south of Hannibal is progressing. Local residents who drive through the work zone south of Hannibal have experienced a change of lanes as crews pave the old northbound lanes.  In late August… the second phase of work between Fulton Avenue and Continental Cement will result in two way traffic with a timed signal to control traffic flow...

(Hannibal)—Work is scheduled to begin Tuesday on a portion of MO 79 south of Hannibal.