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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Christian Johanningmeier, Engineer - (573) 874-6373 or (573) 874-7325

Highway 63 bridge construction causes periodic traffic restrictions

COLUMBIA, MO (June 14, 2010) - Beginning the week of June 14, the Columbia Terminal Railroad’s (COLT) project to construct a bridge over US Highway 63 in north Columbia will enter the steel erection phase. U.S. Highway 63 and the entrance and exit ramps to State Route B will be periodically closed or restricted while the steel bridge is being installed. To minimize the impact on motorists, all work involving road closures or lane restrictions will be done Sundays through Thursdays, between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. Alternate routes and detours will be available during the closures. Steel erection is expected to take four to five weeks and should be completed by mid-July, weather permitting. Emery Sapp & Sons, the contractor for the project, expects the bridge to be completed by Oct. 15.

The COLT is a short line railroad owned by the city of Columbia and operated by Columbia Water & Light. It provides railroad freight service to Columbia and mid-Missouri.

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