City of Columbia Missouri

P.O. BOX 6015
COLUMBIA, MO 65205

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 3, 2016

CONTACT: Barry Dalton
Public Information Officer
(573) 874-2489

Temporary COMO Connect Route Change June 3-6

(COLUMBIA, MO) -

Due to the "bridge slide" at Rangeline and I-70, COMO Connect Black Routes will detour around this section of Rangeline from Friday, June 3 to Monday, June 6.

The Black Routes will detour as follows:

--‎1A Black Route - Business Loop 70 West to northbound Providence Road, to Big Bear Boulevard, to Rangeline.

--1B Black Route - Rangeline to Big Bear Boulevard, to southbound Providence Road, to eastbound Business Loop 70.

Normal service will resume Tuesday, June 7.

Information about bus service and schedules is available at COMOconnect.org.

Bridge slide information from MoDOT:

The new Rangeline bridge is scheduled to be slid into place on Saturday, June 4. To prepare for the bridge slide, the following streets and ramps will be closed beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 3:

  • Rangeline Street at I-70;
  • All I-70 on- and off-ramps at Rangeline; and
  • I-70 eastbound on-ramp at Providence Road.

Beginning at 8 p.m., one lane of I-70 in each direction will be closed at Rangeline. By 5 a.m. on Saturday, June 4, two westbound lanes of I-70 traffic will be switched to the eastbound Rangeline bridge. The eastbound bridge will continue to carry one lane of eastbound traffic, while the other eastbound lane of traffic will be routed down the eastbound off-ramp at Rangeline and back up the on-ramp to I-70. The ramp closure and traffic changes will remain in place until 5 a.m. on Monday, June 6.

  • Workers will begin to slide the bridge at 7 a.m. on Saturday. The bridge is expected to be in place by noon that day. 
  • Beginning at 8 p.m. on Sunday, one lane of I-70 in each direction will be closed as westbound traffic is shifted to the new westbound I-70 bridge at Rangeline. Both eastbound and westbound lanes of I-70 are scheduled to be in their permanent location by 5 a.m. on Monday, June 6. 
  • The eastbound on-ramp at Providence and the eastbound on- and off-ramps at Rangeline will reopen by 6 a.m. Monday. The westbound on- and off-ramps at Rangeline will remain closed until 6 p.m. Monday to remove materials used for the bridge slide. 
  • All work is weather permitting.


City of Columbia Vision
Columbia is the best place for everyone to live, work, learn and play.

City of Columbia Mission
To serve the public equitably through democratic, transparent and efficient government.

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