Now Open: Zounds Creek Bridge on Gentry County Route B

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – The Gentry County Route B Zounds Creek Bridge is now open following a deck replacement project. Capital Paving & Construction LLC, working with the Missouri Department of Transportation, reopened the bridge today, Friday, Nov. 7.

The bridge on Route B has been closed since Aug. 18. 

Two other bridges are also included in this project -- the East Fork Grand River Bridge and the Middle Creek Fork Grand Bridge on Worth County U.S. Route 169. For more information about this project, visit: https://www.modot.org/projects/us-route-169-route-b-and-route-m-bridge-rehabilitation-gentry-and-worth. 

All work is expected to be completed by December 2025. 

MoDOT asks drivers to work with us by always buckling up, keeping your phone down, slowing down and moving over in work zones. Know before you go and check what work zones you might encounter at traveler.modot.org.  

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Project webpage 

U.S. Route 169, Route B, and Route M Bridge Rehabilitation in Gentry and Worth | Missouri Department of Transportation 

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