Contractors for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) are scheduled to close one lane of westbound I-70 overnights near the Lance Corporal Leon Deraps Missouri River (Rocheport) Bridge in order to install concrete barriers in the median.

MoDOT says the closures are scheduled to be in place from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. each night starting Monday, June 13. The barrier installation is expected to be complete by Friday, June 17.

MoDOT says the barrier being installed will replace the guard cable in the median, providing more safety for motorists and workers in that area as work progresses on the new bridges. In the coming weeks, crews will begin more work along the median and roadway. That work will also require nightly lane closures.

This work is weather permitting and could be delayed.