1 – Glenstone Avenue (Business 65 ) at Primrose Street widening
Nighttime lane closings are possible on Glenstone Avenue (Business Route 65) during the week. Crews will install storm drains and begin paving areas in the median. The lane closings will take place between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. Sunday through Thursday.
Crews will install traffic signal bases and concrete islands on all four corners of the intersection. During the work, drivers can expect narrowed driving and turning lanes.
During daylight hours, drivers should be alert for large equipment and dump trucks entering and leaving work areas with traffic.
There will be no daytime lane closings at the intersection. All lane closings will be done at night between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.
The work is part of a project to add dual left turn lanes at the intersection, build right-turn lanes, install new storm drains and add new traffic signals.
Scheduled completion: November 2008.

2 – Route 60/Glenstone Avenue Interchange
The shoulder along eastbound Route 60 is closed just west of the Glenstone Avenue interchange.
Crews will install concrete islands along Republic Road and install new traffic signals at the intersection of Republic Road/Harvard Avenue and the future eastbound Route 60 ramps.
Crews will build a new stormwater retention basin at the corner of Republic Road and Harvard Avenue.
Republic Road is closed between a point east of Charleston Avenue and a point west of Old Glenstone Avenue through fall 2008.
Drivers are urged to use Glenstone Avenue, Route 60 (James River Freeway) and National Avenue to get around the closing of Republic Road.
The work scheduled is part of a project to rebuild and relocate the eastbound Route 60 ramps, raise and widen Republic Road to five lanes and build a new intersection at Republic Road/Harvard Avenue/Route 60 eastbound ramps.
Scheduled completion: Fall 2008.

3 – West Bypass / Route 160 Diamond-Grinding from Springfield to Willard
Crews will install rumble stripes along the centerline and edgeline at night Monday through Friday. There will be one-lane traffic where workers are set up. The work will take place between 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.
The work is part of a project to diamond-grind the concrete pavement, resurface the asphalt shoulders in areas, install rumble stripes on the centerline and edgelines and install new guardrail.
Scheduled completion: mid-September.

4 – Chestnut Expressway / National Avenue Intersection Widening
Crews will do finish work and clean up around the project. New traffic signals may be installed. During the work, Springfield Police Officers will direct traffic.
The work is part of a project to add dual left-turn lanes in all four directions, build new
right-turn lanes on three of the four corners (a right turn-lane already exists on the southeast corner), smooth out the intersection and add new traffic signals.
Scheduled completion: August 2008.

5 – Airport Boulevard Construction – west of Springfield
Chestnut Expressway traffic is scheduled to shift to the westbound side of the bridge over I-44, with only one lane of traffic in each direction.
Crews will grade along the new Airport Boulevard between Route EE and Route 266. TRUCKS WILL NO LONGER CROSS ROUTE EE (WEST DIVISION STREET).
Crews will set girders for the new railroad bridge on Airport Boulevard.
Farm Road 107 (Kaylor Road) is closed to traffic.
The new Airport Boulevard will parallel old Farm Road 107 (Kaylor Road) between Route 266 and Route EE (West Division Street).
The project involves building Airport Boulevard between Route 266 and the new
Springfield-Branson National Airport terminal, building a new round-about at the intersection of
Airport Boulevard, Route EE and Farm Road 124, relocating Route 266 to the north of the
existing roadway and rehabilitating the Chestnut Expressway bridge over I-44.
Scheduled completion: December 2008.

6 – Maintenance Activities
Crew members will:

• seal Route 125 between a point north of Evergreen Street in Strafford and Route 65 at Fair Grove and Greene County Route DD north of Strafford with a mixture of rock and oil. Expect one-lane traffic with a pilot car directing drivers through the work zone. A reduced speed limit of 45 mph will be posted in the work zone;
• repair the pavement on Chestnut Expressway between Sherman and Grant Avenues and mow Kearney Street near the airport.

Other Construction and Lane Closures:
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