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MoDOT Road Closures for the Holiday Weekend
There is no construction scheduled beginning at noon on Friday, but numerous exits are closed in St. Louis city for this weekend's fair.

Although no construction is scheduled during the holiday weekend, several interstate exits and entrance ramps will be closed in St. Louis city for this weekend’s fair activities.
All Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) construction will end at noon on Friday will resume at 9 a.m. Tuesday, MoDOT said in a news release.Â
Closures for the Fair St. Louis event include the following:
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9 a.m. to 6 a.m. Friday and Tuesday
- Interstate 55, St. Louis City, entrance ramp from Marion and Eighth streets to northbound I-55
- â—¦I-55, St. Louis City, northbound exit to Memorial Drive closed
7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday
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Veiled Prophet Parade on from 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
- Highway 40 eastbound exit to 20th and Chestnut streets closed
- Highway 40 westbound exit to 21st and Market streets closed
Thursday night, MoDOT crews will place bridge girders over I-55Â for the new Holly Hills bridge. Two or three northbound lanes will close at 8 p.m. After 11 p.m., there will be intermittent 10-minute closures of all northbound lanes while the bridge girders are placed.
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