Weather permitting, the Missouri Department of Transportation will work with construction companies and their maintenance employees this week on a number of roads in Northwest Missouri.

Some routes will be closed to traffic, and some will have the number of lanes reduced. Motorists are reminded to reduce their speeds and drive with caution in work zones. In addition to the roads listed below, numerous state routes in the area also are being patched, asphalted, oiled or receiving culvert replacements:

St. Joseph area - Today and Tuesday, the on- and off-ramps to U.S. Highway 36 at 28th Street will be closed. Area maintenance crews will be resurfacing the ramps from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. The off-ramp will be closed today. The on-ramp will be closed on Tuesday. Barricades will be in place.

The Missouri Department of Transportation has announced that road work will begin on Riverside Road, also known as Missouri Route AC. A contract was awarded to Ideker Inc., in the amount of $1.9 million. Beginning today, work will take place on 2.2 miles of Riverside Road from south of Frederick Boulevard to south of U.S. Highway 36. The work zones may be active 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to expedite the progress on this project. Flaggers and a pilot car will direct motorists through the work zone. Drivers may expect up to 15-minute delays and may want to choose an alternate route. The completion date is Dec. 1.

Savannah - Area maintenance crews will continue concrete replacement work today on U.S. Highway 71. This project will be between Andrew County Road 54 and 43, and will take two days to complete.

Watson, Mo. - Interstate 29 will be closed from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Tuesday. Area maintenance crews will be doing concrete replacement work on the overpass at Missouri Route A on Interstate 29, southbound, at the Watson Exit 116. Drivers will take the Exit 116 off-ramp and utilize the Interstate 29 on-ramp to minimize traffic disruptions to Interstate 29.

Brownville, Neb. - Work continues on the Brownville Bridge on U.S. Highway 136 connecting Atchison County, Mo., and Nemaha County, Neb. The project will take two years. The bridge is narrowed to one lane with a width restriction of 8 feet, 6 inches. Temporary signals are in place, and message boards are installed on Interstate 29 to update drivers.