Woods Mill Road Closes Saturday, When New Route 141 Opens

A section of Woods Mill Road closes Saturday about noon, after a new stretch of Route 141 opens to traffic, according to the  (MoDOT.)

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"The section between the Parkway Central School campus and Ladue Road, as well as the currently closed section of Woods Mill Road between Ladue and St. Luke’s (Hospital) will remain closed until crews finish building the new connection with Ladue Road," MoDOT stated in a news release.

Some of that portion that will be closed in currently within the jurisdiction of Town and Country. The city's portion of Route 141 begins just south of Clayton Road and runs north through the Conway Road intersection. Route 141 then falls under Chesterfield's jurisdiction from just north of Conway Road and past St. Lukes Hospital. Route 141 then becomes Town and Country again just south of Ladue Road and remains Town and Country up to .

MoDOT expects to re-open Woods Mill Road before public schools start in mid-August. There will be no direct link between Ladue and Woods Mill roads until construction is competed.

During the closure, MoDOT advises drivers take the new Route 141 north to Olive Boulevard, make a left on Olive Boulevard, and then a left on Woods Mill Road.

Local traffic only will be allowed along the closed section of Woods Mill Road during that construction, according to MoDOT.

Meanwhile, the cities of that would simplify the cities' jurisdictions after the new highway opens. The land swap deal has not yet been finalized.