The Missouri Department of Transportation has announced that traffic through the James River and National construction zone will switch to the west side of the street sometime early Tuesday, May 4.
The switch will allow crews to build the east half of the new underpass beneath National. When complete, the underpass will allow easier access to CoxHealth facilities, including the new Emergency Department.
The traffic shift is needed to allow contractor crews to build the east of half of an underpass underneath National Avenue which will connect the CoxHealth facilities on either side of National Avenue.
After the shift, the same traffic configuration will remain in place -- with only one southbound lane of National Avenue open between Primrose Street and James River Freeway. Two northbound lanes of National Avenue will remain open.
Access to CoxHealth facilities and other businesses will remain open. However, drivers traveling southbound on National Avenue will not be able to make a left turn onto Bradford Parkway.
Drivers who use National Avenue to commute through the area, especially southbound during afternoon rush hour, are still being urged to find other routes to avoid the construction and reduce congestion along the corridor.
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