Blasting in Missouri to delay I-49 traffic

PINEVILLE, Mo. -- Interstate 49 traffic is expected to be slowed and possibly stopped between McDonald County Routes EE and H near Pineville this week to allow rock blasting.

The delays will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday and through Thursday, weather permitting.

Law enforcement officers will be slowing and stopping northbound I-49 traffic and Route EE traffic attempting to enter southbound I-49.

Traffic attempting to enter southbound I-49 from Route H will be stopped for up to 15 minutes while crews are blasting.

Contractor crews are blasting rock on I-49 near Pineville as part of the larger I-49 Missouri/Arkansas Connector project, the Bella Vista Bypass, to complete the final five miles of I-49 between Pineville and the Missouri/Arkansas state line.

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