By MATT PIKE
Railroad repairs at the United Pacific Railraod just west of Stockyards Expressway will close Alabama Street for a short period starting tomorrow the Missouri Department of Transportation announced.
MoDOT officials say that Alabama Street will be closed at the United Pacific Railroad tracks just west of Stockyards Expressway and Packers Avenue beginning at 7am on Wednesday November 11th through Thursday November 12th. The railroad contractor will be detouring traffic onto Diagonal Avenue, Bluff View Drive, and Stockyards Expressway/Packers Avenue. Motorists should expect delays.
All work is weather-permitting, and schedules are subject to change. MoDOT asks drivers to be sure to always buckle up, keep your phone down, slow down and move over in work zones.
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