Kimberling City, Stone County – Drivers can expect one-lane traffic on Route 13 in Kimberling City beginning Wed., November 16, the Missouri Department of Transportation said.
Contractor crews will begin paving along Route 13 to widen the roadway between Joe Bald/James River Road and a point south of Lakeshore Drive.  The new asphalt will be put down in layers.  The final driving surface will not be laid until sometime next spring.
Flaggers will be on the road during daytime hours, directing drivers through the work zone.  If traffic begins to back up and delays become longer than 15 minutes, crews will pull off the roadway until traffic clears.
Emergency crews WILL be able to get through the work zone.
Paving will continue through the winter months when temperatures and weather conditions will allow.
Paving cannot take place when the ground is frozen or when temperatures are below 40-degrees.  Paving cannot take place when precipitation is falling.

Project Background:

* The project will build two northbound and two southbound lanes from the south edge of Branson West to Joe Bald Road.
        — North of Rollin Acres Road, the existing roadway will be widened to four lanes.
        — South of Rollin Acres Road, a new one-mile long section of four-lane roadway will be built to the west of the existing roadway. This new segment is needed because buildings along the existing highway are too close to the road to fit additional lanes.

* New traffic signals will be installed at Route 13 and Business 13 (south intersection) in Branson West

* Protected left-turn lanes for side roads and numerous business properties will be built on the widened portion of Route 13 north of Rollin Acres Road.

* Right-turn and southbound left-turn lanes will be built where the relocated segment of Route 13 begins on the north end of the project.

* A new intersection will be built in the middle of the one-mile long relocated segment of Route 13, with full access in and out of the Stoneridge business district. This new intersection will connect the new lanes with Stoneridge Center Road.

* A “slip ramp” will be built for northbound Route 13 traffic on the south end of the relocated segment. There will be two ramps to ensure easy access between the Stoneridge business district and Kimberling City.

* The existing road through the Stoneridge business district will be resurfaced.

* Route 13 will be resurfaced between Joe Bald Road and the bridge over Table Rock Lake at Kimberling City.

* At Joe Bald Road, the extra southbound lane will become a right-turn lane onto Joe Bald Road.

* A northbound Route 13 “climbing lane” will be built from Kimberling City up the hill approaching Joe Bald Road.

* In Kimberling City, existing left-turn lanes will be lengthened at Lakeshore Drive, Wildwood Lane/Kissee Avenue and Kimberling Boulevard-north.

* Two new bridges will be built — one on Armadillo Road over Route 13 and on the south end of the relocated Route 13 at Stoneridge

The prime contractor on the project is Journagan Construction of Springfield, doing the work for a low bid amount of $11.5 million.

The project is scheduled for completion by December 2012.

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